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Locality Name:
Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 225
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 166

Number of Child Localities: 67
Child Localities:
Afton Township
Awrey Township
Balfour Township
Bigwood Township
Blezard Township
Bowell Township
Brackin Township
Broder Township
Capreol Township
Chapleau Township
Chester Township
Creighton-Davies Township
Curtin Township
Dana Township
Denison Township
Dill Township
Dill Township And Dryden Township
Drury Township
Eden Township
Fairbank Township
Falconbridge Township
Foster Township
Foy Township
French River Area
Garson Township
Graham Township
Hutton Township
I.R.6
Keith Township
Lackner Township
Lake Wanapitei Area
Leeson Township
Levack Area
Levack Township
Levack Township And Dowling Township
Loughrin Township
Mackelcan Township
Maclennan Township
MacMurchy Township
McKim And Blezard Townships
McKim Township
Merritt Township
Missinaibi Area
Mongowin Township
Nairn And Hyman Township
Nemegos Area
Norman Township
Osway Township
Parkin Township
Penhorwood Township
Rathbun Township
Reeves Township
Rennie Township
Salter Township
Scadding Township
Sewell Township
Shakespeare Township
Skead Area
Snider Township
Sudbury Area
Sudbury Complex (Sudbury Irruptive; Sudbury Nickel Irruptive)
Trill Township
Warren Township
Whitefish Falls Area
Wisner Township
Worthington Area
Worthington Offset

Latitude: 46°46'52"N
Longitude: 81°21'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.781111111111,-81.365555555556

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Re Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAllargentumAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyrite
AtacamiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerthieriteBranneriteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodalite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopiapite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHexahydriteHydrotalciteKobelliteLapieiteMalachiteMarcasite
MatlockiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileRömeriteScacchiteScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteStillwateriteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteUllmanniteValleriiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon
hauchecornite

222 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)
Akaganeite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Annite  (*)Annivite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenohauchecornite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Berryite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bohdanowiczite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Cervelleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crerarite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Geffroyite  (*)
Geversite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hauchecornite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hibbingite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Insizwaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lawrencite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Lisiguangite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malyshevite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Matildite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Moncheite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naldrettite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Niggliite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paolovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Polarite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rheniite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannopalladinite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stützite  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Talc  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)Telluropalladinite  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S19001710433167,33172,33216,332682793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2190016701433071,33072,33088,33119,33123,33124,33137,33158,33166,33168,33172,33202,33265,332683419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61207952333056,33075,331401022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O612151067233145,33146286
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS13326887
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O1830171013317263
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)190010671533056,33071,33072,33097,33120,33140,33144,33145,33149,33158,33172,33180,33242,33243,332688803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)133242706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)319001670733050,33084,33100,33101,33177,33178,332022353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe190016701733059,33079,33109,33111,33149,33154,33166,33167,33168,33172,33173,33188,33199,33200,33202,33250,33271489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5185118491331071310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31851952333075,33145,331911534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)183017101331721588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)215001500333097,33180,332423092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O18501500333092,33097,33111445
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)218301710233056,33172356
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S13150015001330977
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1330851036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)219001670233158,33177718
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb133245363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1332323250
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8190017101933058,33059,33060,33069,33079,33088,33109,33111,33151,33157,33162,33167,33172,33188,33196,33199,33200,33202,3325067
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S31900167013313053
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs19001670133113379
Arsenohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi18Bi3AsS16150015001330975
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3133147231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS190015002233060,33063,33079,33082,33088,33097,33111,33113,33124,33130,33134,33135,33187,33202,33204,33210,33211,33220,33242,33245,33247,332659052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6233056,330852060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1115952233075,3322511547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F133242304
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S161851150013326850
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4133245343
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl1830171013317271
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi19001670633059,33109,33172,33200,33202,332201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S319001500633097,33167,33172,33173,33202,332201935
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe219001670633166,33216,33217,33265,33268,3326941
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4190015002233059,33079,33097,33152,33155,33162,33166,33167,33168,33172,33173,33185,33188,33191,33196,33202,33216,33217,33237,33238,33242,332655516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6133206248
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb18501850233202,33250175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)618511500233237,332381633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)218301710233172,33232462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)190010672033088,33091,33097,33123,33130,33144,33145,33146,33149,33161,33166,33168,33172,33180,33188,33191,33201,33209,33225,3324227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O12151067433056,33144,33145,33146232
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO219001500933059,33072,33079,33097,33152,33166,33188,33216,332655171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO213314494
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS13326842
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O15001500133097925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18501500733097,33152,33172,33180,33237,33238,332425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2190010679233047,33048,33058,33059,33060,33061,33063,33067,33069,33071,33072,33077,33079,33082,33087,33088,33089,33091,33092,33097,33106,33109,33111,33113,33115,33120,33123,33124,33126,33130,33131,33134,33135,33144,33145,33149,33151,33152,33154,33155,33157,33158,33159,33161,33162,33163,33166,33167,33168,33169,33171,33172,33173,33180,33184,33185,33187,33188,33189,33191,33192,33194,33196,33198,33199,33200,33202,33204,33209,33210,33211,33213,33216,33218,33220,33222,33225,33229,33230,33232,33235,33237,33238,33242,33247,33250,33251,33255,33260,33263,33265,3326827198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)218511849133107376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O419001670333111,33142,332023902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4133232951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe18511849433216,33217,33265,33269281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81331801756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS190015002333058,33060,33061,33063,33069,33079,33089,33097,33106,33109,33111,33120,33123,33130,33185,33188,33198,33200,33202,33204,33216,33250,33251966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe133180169
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O18511849133123382
Copper  (*)CopperCu18501500333097,33199,332003846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31330561797
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl21900167013316654
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18501710833152,33172,33200,33216,33230,33237,33238,332654165
Crerarite  (*)Rocksalt(Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x = 0.4-0-8)18501850233169,332653
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3185018501633063,33079,33130,33154,33166,33168,33172,33173,33185,33188,33196,33198,33199,33200,33202,33206802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2133137327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O150015001330972970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S150015001330971027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61331424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)218511849733047,33048,33123,33142,33180,33232,332429895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)18301710133172180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS218511500133265246
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe19001670333172,33188,3326843
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190015001733071,33072,33079,33097,33120,33130,33158,33166,33167,33168,33172,33191,33192,33200,33230,33265,332688173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O19001670333123,33193,33202814
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O619001670133101414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)12151146133146371
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)219001670233071,33158129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)219001670133158271
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)219001500233097,3315827
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21900952633075,33124,33145,33146,33202,332259617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)183017101331721188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2185015001533059,33069,33079,33097,33109,33151,33154,33166,33167,33172,33173,33188,33200,33202,3325062
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2133242163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19009524533059,33060,33062,33063,33067,33069,33071,33072,33075,33079,33080,33088,33091,33092,33097,33106,33109,33111,33113,33115,33120,33130,33134,33135,33149,33154,33159,33161,33166,33167,33168,33172,33188,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204,33216,33218,33220,33229,33250,33251,3326524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S418301710133172192
Geffroyite  (*)Pentlandite(Cu,Fe,Ag)9Se81850185013316710
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb21850185013318838
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)333047,33048,332307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu190015003833047,33048,33059,33067,33077,33079,33082,33095,33097,33109,33111,33113,33124,33149,33154,33166,33167,33168,33172,33180,33187,33192,33193,33194,33200,33202,33211,33216,33217,33218,33220,33229,33230,33242,33243,33247,33250,3326530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC15001500333056,33097,331372812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)218301710233137,33172223
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O233237,332386890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)219001670333056,33158,33202209
Hauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiSbS818501500733097,33166,33167,33172,33184,33188,3321627
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS19001670233172,3317362
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S218501850133079205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3190016701233137,33158,33172,33180,33191,33202,33237,33238,33242,33263,33265,3326814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te190015002233069,33079,33097,33109,33130,33149,33152,33159,33163,33166,33167,33168,33172,33173,33188,33199,33200,33202,33216,33250,33265,33268804
Hibbingite  (*)AtacamiteFe2+2(OH)3Cl1830171013317213
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS18501850733069,33079,33109,33130,33154,33200,33250119
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O18301710133172341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3190011853933058,33059,33061,33063,33079,33088,33097,33106,33109,33120,33130,33131,33140,33142,33144,33154,33158,33159,33162,33166,33167,33172,33184,33185,33188,33191,33196,33198,33200,33202,33203,33204,33216,33218,33242,33250,33251,33255,332685433
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi218501710533059,33079,33154,33166,3317215
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS18501850633058,33060,33079,33109,33130,33200154
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6150015001330972228
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S1900167013320286
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se233265,3326932
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te71850185013305940
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)185018501133059,33071,33079,33151,33154,33166,33167,33188,33230,33265,33268116
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO419001670233104,331781507
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl21830171013317230
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S419001780133162249
Lisiguangite  (*)LapieiteCuPtBiS3185115001332682
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4133233359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)18501850433059,33168,33172,33173451
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)219001670233071,33158238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)333142,33227,332321487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419009525533056,33058,33059,33060,33063,33069,33072,33075,33079,33088,33092,33109,33111,33130,33131,33137,33140,33144,33145,33146,33152,33154,33155,33157,33158,33161,33162,33163,33166,33167,33168,33169,33171,33172,33184,33185,33188,33189,33191,33198,33199,33200,33202,33204,33209,33216,33218,33222,33230,33232,33242,33250,33255,33265,3326814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218501850233191,3323512537
Malyshevite  (*)LapieitePdCuBiS318511500333265,33268,332697
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2190016701933059,33060,33061,33079,33092,33106,33111,33115,33118,33120,33123,33130,33200,33203,33204,33216,33218,33222,332455674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe18501850433079,33154,33166,3316723
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS219001670633202,33216,33217,33265,33268,33269252
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8189015001033092,33097,33109,33111,33120,33130,33196,33202,33250,33271161
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS81830171013317292
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2189016701133079,33088,33095,33120,33130,33152,33159,33166,33172,33250,33265207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2185017102433059,33071,33079,33088,33095,33151,33152,33159,33163,33166,33167,33168,33171,33172,33188,33200,33216,33217,33218,33230,33265,33268,33269,33271155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.518501850233079,3318844
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe185015002633059,33060,33069,33071,33079,33088,33095,33097,33109,33111,33130,33151,33154,33166,33167,33168,33172,33188,33200,33202,33216,33218,33230,33250,33265,33271114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)18901670333056,33120,331444924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS190015003133059,33060,33062,33071,33072,33079,33097,33111,33130,33151,33152,33155,33162,33166,33167,33168,33172,33173,33180,33184,33185,33188,33199,33202,33216,33218,33230,33242,33255,33265,332681066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2190015001033056,33097,33111,33124,33149,33166,33194,33200,33220,332305800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)233180,33242945
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2185018501533059,33079,33151,33154,33159,33166,33167,33168,33169,33172,33173,33188,33265,33268,33269133
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O18501500433092,33097,33111,3326384
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2190016701033079,33100,33101,33120,33180,33191,33202,33213,33220,3323017380
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb1500150013309711
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se19001670533152,33216,33217,33265,33269192
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1167988433056,33075,33144,33145884
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O1500150013309737
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs189015001533079,33087,33089,33092,33097,33109,33111,33120,33130,33196,33200,33202,33204,33250,33271633
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn18501850633154,33166,33172,33173,33188,3325022
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)19001067233145,331582349
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn18501710633130,33154,33166,33168,33172,3318838
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS189015001433079,33087,33088,33092,33097,33111,33120,33130,33180,33200,33202,33216,33250,33271767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2185015001233059,33079,33097,33109,33154,33167,33172,33173,33188,33200,33202,3325055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8190015005633058,33059,33060,33061,33063,33069,33072,33079,33087,33088,33089,33092,33097,33109,33111,33118,33120,33130,33131,33134,33151,33154,33155,33157,33158,33159,33161,33162,33163,33166,33167,33168,33169,33171,33172,33173,33180,33184,33185,33188,33189,33196,33198,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204,33216,33218,33222,33242,33250,33251,33260,332651512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO18301710133172114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3233142,33144495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2233149,33265409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O18511849133123428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)218301710233142,331722273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te31851184913310957
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)1850185013320010
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S419001780733087,33111,33162,33204,33216,33265,33268131
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2190016701331589
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2190016701332021898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2190010678733047,33048,33058,33059,33060,33061,33062,33063,33067,33069,33072,33077,33079,33080,33082,33087,33088,33089,33092,33097,33106,33111,33113,33115,33119,33120,33126,33130,33134,33135,33137,33142,33144,33145,33149,33152,33154,33155,33157,33158,33159,33161,33162,33163,33166,33167,33168,33169,33172,33180,33184,33185,33188,33189,33191,33192,33193,33194,33198,33199,33200,33201,33202,33203,33204,33206,33209,33210,33211,33213,33216,33218,33220,33222,33229,33230,33232,33235,33237,33238,33242,33245,33247,33255,33263,33265,3326839462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13323289
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)212151146133146771
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)1019001670233166,3317238
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8190010677433058,33059,33060,33061,33063,33069,33072,33077,33079,33087,33088,33091,33092,33097,33106,33109,33111,33115,33118,33120,33123,33124,33130,33131,33134,33135,33144,33145,33151,33154,33155,33157,33158,33159,33161,33162,33163,33166,33167,33168,33169,33171,33172,33173,33180,33184,33185,33188,33189,33196,33198,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204,33209,33210,33211,33213,33216,33218,33220,33222,33230,33232,33242,33245,33250,33251,33255,33260,33263,332659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2190015005533059,33060,33067,33071,33072,33077,33079,33088,33089,33091,33092,33097,33101,33111,33113,33120,33123,33126,33130,33135,33137,33142,33149,33152,33158,33166,33167,33168,33169,33172,33177,33180,33187,33191,33192,33193,33194,33201,33202,33203,33204,33206,33213,33222,33225,33226,33229,33230,33237,33238,33242,33243,33247,33265,3326861156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O1500150013309755
Rheniite  (*)NoneReS2190016701331308
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)212151146233140,33146375
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O18511849133123115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O18511849133123293
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS1850185013306925
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te413314964
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2190011851033079,33097,33130,33140,33167,33184,33202,33242,33250,332685614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)185118491331244894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O185118491331231153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe18511849133218143
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O18301710133172241
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S418501850233216,33217249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5190016701331041516
Silver  (*)CopperAg190015001433059,33079,33089,33097,33124,33152,33154,33167,33172,33188,33202,33216,33217,332655186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs318511849133193531
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi18501710433166,33172,33188,3326844
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl11671067233056,33145444
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te418501850333151,33167,3326524
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2185015002433059,33063,33069,33079,33088,33095,33097,33109,33111,33130,33154,33166,33167,33168,33172,33188,33196,33200,33202,33216,33218,33230,33250,33265337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3183017101331721214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19009525033058,33059,33060,33061,33063,33069,33072,33075,33079,33088,33089,33092,33097,33106,33109,33111,33115,33120,33124,33130,33131,33144,33149,33152,33154,33155,33157,33161,33162,33166,33167,33168,33172,33173,33184,33185,33188,33192,33196,33199,33200,33202,33203,33204,33216,33217,33218,33220,33250,3326521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41331421934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS418501850533109,33166,33167,33188,33202668
Stannopalladinite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)3Sn1850185013318812
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)18511849233084,33107978
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb21850185013320075
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S319001670333172,33173,332453418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O133242456
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)19001670433079,33171,33188,3325092
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb18501500533097,33200,33202,33250,3327146
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS150015001330972045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F133242232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)219001670633119,33123,33142,33172,33202,332273337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S161830171013317235
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO218511849233216,3326952
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe19001670133202190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te319001670833091,33149,33172,33199,33200,33250,33265,33271276
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiTeS8183017101331722
Telluropalladinite  (*)NonePd9Te41850185013313015
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe3233071,3323024
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1315001500233097,332451803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S19001670733166,33172,33200,33202,33216,33265,33269510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318501850333089,33220,332455317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1332061006
Tin  (*)NoneSn19001670233079,3315463
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O190010671233056,33071,33091,33097,33107,33111,33144,33145,33158,33191,33202,332684899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)219001670733071,33124,33144,33158,33202,33213,332322562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe190016701733060,33069,33079,33088,33109,33111,33130,33159,33163,33167,33188,33199,33200,33202,33216,33218,33250100
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18511500133245293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21332062718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]18301710133172237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10185118491331241395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4190015002433059,33061,33069,33072,33087,33088,33089,33097,33111,33130,33131,33162,33166,33167,33172,33184,33188,33198,33200,33216,33218,33230,33242,33265380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe219001670733060,33088,33109,33166,33188,33200,3325064
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS315001500233097,33265297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31851952333075,33124,331451247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)133206939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)19001067933056,33071,33097,33100,33144,33145,33172,33202,332065251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x111595213307527



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000515carbonatite complex
Jen_0000516carbonatite complex
Jen_0001008MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular masses, dykes and veins in fenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenitic breccia, malignite, pseudoleucite malignite, jacupirangite, ijolite, gabbro, lamprophyre and fenite.
Jen_0001009MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular masses, dykes and veins in fenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenitic breccia, malignite, pseudoleucite malignite, jacupirangite, ijolite, gabbro, lamprophyre and fenite.
Jen_0001020MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001021MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001022MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001023MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001026MAGMATIC STYLE: Only one vein found ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A fenite occurrence; igneous silicate rocks not present.
Michelle_686Astrobleme associated Ni-Cu sulfides


24 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
Michelle_686185118491850±1 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu571Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
vms-002452500541Proterozoic        203947Errington Mine, Balfour Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaErringtonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
CJES4_651_000111159881051.5 ± 63.5K-Armineralizationnepheline   Nepheline  227764Nemegosenda Lake, Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemegosenda lakeGittins (1967) CJES4_651 
Jen_000051511081102.81105.4±2.6U-Pb       227764Nemegosenda Lake, Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemegosenda LakeErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_000100810789521015±63Rb-Sr whole rock     227764Nemegosenda Lake, Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemegosenda LakeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001009101010101010K-Ar nepheline   Nepheline  227764Nemegosenda Lake, Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemegosenda LakeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-0022210101010min. 1010 Ma (K-Ar, neph)K-Ar nepheline   Nepheline  227764Nemegosenda Lake, Chapleau Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemegosenda LakeOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
vms-0026715001500Proterozoic       S559Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaVermilionMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
EPSL105_416-00019189016701780±110Re-Os  PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79    11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridgeWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001968189016701780±110Re-Os       11127Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaFalconbridge MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Jen_0001026120711851196±11K-Ar biotite     253444Nemag Lake Occurrence, I.R.6, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaNemag LakeWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005161102.11099.11100.6±1.5U-Pb       234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001020110811081108        234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001021109010901090K-Ar       234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001022108910671078±11Rb-Sr whole rock     234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001023116711091138±29Rb-Sr whole rock     234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00219119411461170 ± 24 Ma (K-Ar, horn, pegmatite); 1190 ± 25 Ma (K-Ar, rie, quartz syenite)K-Ar hornblende     227768Nemegos Carbonatite, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake (Nemegos)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
ree-00802121511651170 ± 24 Ma (K-Ar, horn, pegmatite); 1190 ± 25 Ma (K-Ar, rie, quartz syenite)K-Ar       227768Nemegos Carbonatite, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake (Nemegos)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
EPSL105_416-00020190017801840±60Re-Os  F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578    14297Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevak WestWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EG105_1057_018185018501850       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudburyBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Kristen001967190017801840±60Re-Os       135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLevack West MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001970185118491850±1 age of ore crystallization      135257McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaSudbury Igneous ComplexWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
EPSL105_416-00021183017101770±60Re-Os  PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139    8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathconaWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 
Kristen001969183017101770±60Re-Os       8082Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaStrathcona MineWalker et al. (1991)10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-HEPSL105_416 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100110French River Occurrence, Bigwood Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100110
R070347Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070347
R060851Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060851
R070214Vermilion Mine, Denison Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070214
R060907Brazil Lake Occurrence (Elizabeth Lake Mine; Espanola), Foster Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060907
R070743Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070743
R050018Sudbury Area, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050018
R060144Worthington Area, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060144


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