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Locality Name:
Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2475

mindat Locality ID: 8021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada": 71
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Barringer Mine
Bartlett Township And Geikie Township
Bristol Township
Cody Township
Dundonald Township
Eldorado Township
Godfrey Township
Hoyle Township
Jamieson Township
Kidd Township
Langmuir Township
Macklem Township
Ogden Township
Pitt Township
Porcupine Mining District
Robb Township
Shaw Township

Latitude: 48°34'39"N
Longitude: 81°15'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.5775,-81.260833333333

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
DigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGermaniteHexahydriteHydrotalciteJunoiteMalachite
MeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStannoidite
StibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

114 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Altaite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berthierine  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bohdanowiczite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cadmoselite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Colusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucairite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)
Fletcherite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Junoite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Kiddcreekite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Oregonite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Vinciennite  (*)Violarite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S271627161317822793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)227162475431765,31782,31808,318103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27162475831759,31760,31776,31782,31786,31808,31809,318108803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S213175528
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe26322602231808,31809489
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)24752475231798,318101588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)227162475431782,31808,31809,318103092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427072707231765,31796708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS400025001031760,31763,31776,31777,31782,31789,31799,31808,31809,318179052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2131808260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13176311547
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)42716271613178259
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi27162716231763,317821966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3271627161317821935
Bohdanowiczite  (*)NoneAgBiSe22716271613178241
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS427162475231782,318105516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6271027031317571633
Cadmoselite  (*)WurtziteCdSe271627161317824
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27162475531768,31782,31808,31809,3181027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S427162716131782154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2271627161317825171
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS22716271613178230
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S27162475231782,318105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400024752631757,31759,31760,31765,31766,31768,31770,31771,31772,31774,31777,31779,31782,31784,31786,31788,31789,31791,31801,31806,31808,31810,31815,31817,31822,3182427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)827162716131782577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)226322602131809376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O427102703231765,317843902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427072707231765,31795951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe27162716131782281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8271627161317821756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26322602231804,318091025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS27162716131782966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe26322602131809169
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1627162716131782110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS27162707331770,31782,318224165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S327162716131782802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S271627161317821027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61317964135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227162716731760,31776,31782,31786,31791,31792,318089895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)27162716131782648
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)27162716131782180
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS427162716131782910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27162475631768,31782,31800,31808,31809,318108173
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe2716271613178254
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe22716271613178224
Fletcherite  (*)SpinelCuNi2S42716271613178213
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2271627161317829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS271624751431760,31770,31775,31779,31782,31786,31788,31789,31801,31808,31810,31815,31817,3182424243
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827102703231757,3176640
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270727071317657437
Gold  (*)CopperAu400024753331759,31760,31762,31763,31774,31775,31776,31777,31782,31786,31788,31789,31797,31799,31800,31801,31803,31806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31812,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817,31818,31819,31824,3182530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC27162716431766,31774,31776,317822812
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S227102703331757,31765,31766205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324752475531786,31791,31798,31810,3182414640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te26322602131809804
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O27072707131765251
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31317865433
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)162716271613178218
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS42716271613178282
Kiddcreekite  (*)NoneCu6WSnS8271627161317829
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se62716271613178263
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)32716271613178230
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4131796359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27162716131782451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)331786,31789,317981487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427162703931759,31765,31766,31782,31784,31786,31798,31822,3182414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22707270713177012537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8131766161
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS82716271613178292
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS227162716131782300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS40002500531757,31766,31784,31786,317991066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224752475431763,31786,31806,318105800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)27162716131782945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227162475931762,31776,31781,31782,31786,31807,31808,31809,3181017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se27162716131782192
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs27162716131782633
Oregonite  (*)NoneFeNi2As2270727071317655
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS24752475231766,31810767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227162716131782247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827102703431757,31765,31766,317841512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe226322602231808,31809409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2271627161317822273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400024754331757,31759,31760,31762,31763,31765,31766,31768,31770,31771,31772,31774,31775,31776,31777,31779,31782,31784,31786,31788,31789,31791,31797,31799,31800,31801,31803,31806,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31812,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817,31818,31822,31824,3182539462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O2710270313178389
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8400025002231757,31765,31766,31768,31770,31772,31774,31775,31777,31779,31782,31784,31808,31811,31813,31814,31815,31816,31817,31822,31824,318259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2400024751831759,31760,31768,31772,31776,31777,31782,31786,31801,31807,31808,31809,31810,31811,31815,31817,31819,3182461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)271627161317821711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2131786375
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS22716271613178246
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO227162716231782,317865614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)27162602731782,31788,31789,31808,31809,31811,318244894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)271627161317822705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)271627161317826417
Silver  (*)CopperAg27162475531782,31803,31806,31808,318105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400024751831760,31766,31768,31770,31771,31772,31775,31779,31782,31789,31808,31810,31813,31814,31816,31817,31822,3182421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS427162716131782668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S122716271613178280
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS427162716131782586
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O27102703231783,3179843
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O27162703331768,31782,31824456
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4231808,31817337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227162716431782,31786,31798,318023337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3231808,31819276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1327162475231782,318101803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S26322602131809510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1327162475231782,318105317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O271027031317684899
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS22716271613178228
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21317912718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS227162716131782106
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS162716271613178213
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427102703231757,31766380
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)27162716131782939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1317915251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_664Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_674Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_683Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_687Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


11 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_687271027032710-2703 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu13091Texmont Mine (Fatima), Bartlett Township And Geikie Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaTexmontHoatson 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).
Michelle_664270727072707 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu9799Alexo Mine (Kelso), Dundonald Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaAlexoHoatson 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).
Michelle_683271027032710-2703 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu204151Redstone Mine, Eldorado Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaRedstoneHoatson 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-0024027072707Archean       S203668Canadian Jamieson Mine, Godfrey Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaCanadian JamiesonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0025740002500Archean        203666Genex Mine (Mordey), Godfrey Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaMordeyMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0025027072707Archean       S203669Jameland Mine, Jamieson Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaJamelandMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0025327162716Archean       S4381Kidd Mine (Kidd Creek Mine), Kidd Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaKidd CreekMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Michelle_674271027032710-2703 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu209531Langmuir Mine, Langmuir Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaLangmuir (No.1 and 2)Hoatson 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).
Jen_000144440002500Archean age of mineralization      255064Delnite Mine, Deloro Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaDelnitePoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 
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 
PorphCu-00050247524752475      Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Hematite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu15963McIntyre Mine (Pamour Mine), Tisdale Township, Porcupine Mining District, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, CanadaMcIntyreSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050208Kidd Mine (Kidd Creek Mine), Kidd Township, Timmins Area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050208


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