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Locality Name:
Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 15124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°8'22"N
Longitude: 80°4'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.139444444444,-80.073333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Melonite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Melonite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Melonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2500	541	489
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	541	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2500	541	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	2500	541	169
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	541	14640
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2500	541	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	541	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	541	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_677	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_677	2500	541	Proterozoic		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	15124	Macassa Mine, Kirkland Lake Township (Teck Township), Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada	Macassa	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See 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).

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