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Locality Name:
Madsen Mine, Baird Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 191406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madsen Mine, Baird Township, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°58'1"N
Longitude: 93°55'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.966944444444,-93.917777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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