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Locality Name:
Wawa Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2639
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2635

mindat Locality ID: 45859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wawa Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Michipicoten Harbour

Latitude: 47°56'20"N
Longitude: 84°50'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.938888888889,-84.837222222222
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiamondEpidote
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22639263503419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2639263509052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26392635027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226392635027198
Diamond  (*)DiamondC263926350697
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2263926350160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2639263508173
Gold  (*)CopperAu26392635030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326392635014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32639263505433
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2263926350238
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226392635017380
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2263926350313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226392635039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82639263509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226392635061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2263926350375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22639263505614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26392635021482
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)226392635073


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
Bradley_2012_126263926352637±2U/Pb zircon   Zircon  45859Wawa Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada[Wawa Gneiss]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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