Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Atikokan Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atikokan Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Atikokan Iron Mine
Steep

Latitude: 48°48'39"N
Longitude: 91°37'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.810833333333,-91.630555555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	32885,32887	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	32885	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	32885	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	32885	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	32887	770
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	32885	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	32885	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	32885	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	32885,32887	61156
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	32885	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	32885	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	32885	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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