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Locality Name:
Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2632
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2602

mindat Locality ID: 565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°28'31"N
Longitude: 81°18'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.475277777778,-81.311944444444

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 Bi C Ca Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2632260208803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe263226020489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22632260203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2632260209052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26322602027770
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2263226020376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2632260201025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe263226020169
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2632260208173
Gold  (*)CopperAu26322602030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te263226020804
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226322602017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2263226020409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226322602039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226322602061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2632260204894
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S263226020510



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
Jen_0001449263226022617 ± 15 age of associated magmatismscheelite   Scheelite  565Hollinger Mine, Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaHollingerPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 


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