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Locality Name:
Gauthier Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gauthier Township, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Anoki Mine
Argonaut Mine (Upper Beaver; Huronia)
Northland Mine
Queenston Mine (McBean)
Upper Canada Mine

Latitude: 48°8'36"N
Longitude: 79°49'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.143333333333,-79.818055555556

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
GarnetGypsumMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteTitanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Shortite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe133902489
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1339021588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1339029052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13390211547
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2133902361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13390227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1339021252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2433898,33899,33900,3390227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41339023902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61339024135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)233899,339028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13390224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu533898,33899,33900,33901,3390230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1339022812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1339026890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3233899,3390214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31339025433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413390214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2233899,339025800
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3133902495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2133902409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21339022273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2533898,33899,33900,33901,3390239462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3133902341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81338999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2433898,33899,33900,3390161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1339024894
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)313390237
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13390221482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21339023337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131339021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131338995317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1339024899
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4133902120



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