Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2222.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2215.9

mindat Locality ID: 527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-527.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bellellen Mine
Canadian Lorrain Mine (Maidens Mine)
Caribou Lorrain Mine (Pennaque Mine)
Curry Mine
Forneri Claim
Friday Mine
Gilgreer Mine
Harris Mine
HR 103
Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine)
Little Keeley Shaft
Lorrain Trout Lake Mine
Maidens Bay
Montrose Mine
Nipissing Lorrain Mine
Ogistoh Mine (Huronian Belt Mine)
Oslund-Hermiston Occurrence (Elite; Silver Tower)
Silver Centre
Wettlaufer Mine

Latitude: 47°11'19"N
Longitude: 79°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.188611111111,-79.5

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Burgessite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Burgessite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Heulandite Kaolinite Löllingite
Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vivianite Xanthoconite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Burgessite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chapmanite ()*
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Pavonite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2222.9	2215.9	3	33884,33885,33894	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	5	33875,33876,33878,33884,33885	445
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	1	33878	194
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2222.9	2215.9	3	33882,33884,33891	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	5509
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2222.9	2215.9	5	33875,33882,33884,33885,33887	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2222.9	2215.9	2	33882,33884	1935
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	51
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	175
Burgessite ()*	Burgessite	Co₂(H₂O)₄[AsO₃(OH)]₂(H₂O)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	2
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2222.9	2215.9	10	33876,33880,33881,33882,33884,33885,33887,33889,33891,33893	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2222.9	2215.9	6	33879,33884,33887,33891,33892,33894	27198
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)	2222.9	2215.9	2	33884,33885	31
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	33
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2222.9	2215.9	3	33878,33884,33891	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2222.9	2215.9	2	33882,33884	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	2222.9	2215.9	2	33878,33884	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	4	33878,33884,33885,33893	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2222.9	2215.9	2	33884,33892	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2222.9	2215.9	1	33891	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	784
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2222.9	2215.9	3	33878,33884,33887	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	252
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	1107
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2222.9	2215.9	6	33875,33876,33882,33884,33885,33887	633
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2222.9	2215.9	3	33875,33878,33884	52
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	72
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2222.9	2215.9	5	33879,33882,33884,33891,33892	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2222.9	2215.9	2	33891,33892	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2222.9	2215.9	3	33878,33884,33891	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33875	233
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	969
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	2222.9	2215.9	4	33875,33878,33884,33894	317
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2222.9	2215.9	1	33885	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2222.9	2215.9	13	33876,33878,33880,33881,33882,33883,33884,33885,33887,33891,33892,33893,33894	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2222.9	2215.9	12	33875,33876,33877,33878,33879,33880,33881,33882,33884,33885,33887,33892	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	332
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	2562
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	2222.9	2215.9	1	33884	89

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Emily000531	2217.5	2217.5		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile		58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
Emily000532	2217	2217		U-Pb	age of vein mineralization	rutile	Yes	Rutile		58159	Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Cobalt-Gowganda region	Marshall and Watkinson (2000)	10.2113/0090081	EMG9_81
Co-00114	2222.9	2215.9	2219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)	U-Pb			Yes		Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi	5830	Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Nipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario	Andrews et al. (1986)	10.1139/e86-144	CJES_23_1507	error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070375	Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070375
R070416	Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070416

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