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Locality Name:
W Horizon, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1109
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1107

mindat Locality ID: 310578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "W Horizon, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteIsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePotaritePyrite
StillwateriteUllmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anduoite  (*)Arsenopalladinite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coldwellite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Isomertieite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Laflammeite  (*)Laurite  (*)Majakite  (*)Menshikovite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Palladinite  (*)Palladoarsenide  (*)Platarsite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Rustenburgite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Törnroosite  (*)Vysotskite  (*)
Zvyagintsevite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anduoite  (*)NoneRuAs21109110709
Arsenopalladinite  (*)StillwateritePd8As311091107031
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4110911070101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211091107027198
Coldwellite  (*)Not in a structural groupPd3Ag2S1109110702
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS110911070119
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe110911070128
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As211091107048
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te711091107040
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)110911070116
Laflammeite  (*)NonePd3Pb2S21109110707
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2110911070226
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs11091107022
Menshikovite  (*)NonePd3Ni2As311091107015
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2110911070133
Palladinite  (*)NonePdO1109110706
Palladoarsenide  (*)NonePd2As11091107037
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS11091107044
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS11091107025
Rustenburgite  (*)Perovskite AuricupridePt3Sn11091107034
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2110911070337
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As311091107024
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe11091107066
Törnroosite  (*)IsomertieitePd11As2Te21109110704
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS11091107053
Zvyagintsevite  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePd3Pb11091107032



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0027311091107 U-Pb    YesTarkianiteMo56562Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada Heaman and Machado (1992)10.1007/BF00310744CMP110_289 


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