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Locality Name:
Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), 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: 553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-553.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wood's Vein

Latitude: 47°11'42"N
Longitude: 79°30'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.195,-79.504722222222
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 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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBurgessiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteHeulanditeKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteVivianiteXanthoconite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Burgessite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chapmanite  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2222.92215.91338852793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2222.92215.9133885445
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32222.92215.90231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2222.92215.909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22222.92215.91338855509
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S122222.92215.9045
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2222.92215.91338851966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32222.92215.901935
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)2222.92215.9051
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2222.92215.90175
Burgessite  (*)BurgessiteCo2(H2O)4[AsO3(OH)]2(H2O)2222.92215.902
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2222.92215.913388527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22222.92215.9027198
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)2222.92215.913388531
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O2222.92215.9033
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2222.92215.90966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222.92215.909895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2222.92215.90180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2222.92215.91338858173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2222.92215.9133885814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2222.92215.902740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2222.92215.9024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2222.92215.91338857437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32222.92215.913388514640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142222.92215.90784
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22222.92215.90762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42222.92215.9014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22222.92215.913388512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22222.92215.905674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS22222.92215.90252
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2222.92215.901107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2222.92215.9133885633
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22222.92215.9052
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S52222.92215.9072
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2222.92215.90716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32222.92215.90733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22222.92215.9039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22222.92215.9061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2222.92215.90969
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs22222.92215.90317
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2222.92215.91338851153
Silver  (*)CopperAg2222.92215.91338855186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32222.92215.9133885531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2222.92215.9021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42222.92215.90586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2222.92215.90332
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22222.92215.902562
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS32222.92215.9089


3 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
Emily0005312217.52217.5 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
Emily00053222172217 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
Co-001142222.92215.92219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaNipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, OntarioAndrews et al. (1986)10.1139/e86-144CJES_23_1507error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070375Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070375
R070416Keeley-Frontier Mine (Canadian Keeley; Frontier Mine; Keeley Mine), South Lorrain Township, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070416

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