Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 212901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McTavish Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Anderson Lake Prospect
Barrett Mine (Noyes South Mine; Breezy Mountain Mine)
Blue Point Amethyst Mine
Detroit-Algoma Mine
Diamond Willow Mine
Dzuba Ancliff Occurrence
Enterprise Mine
Gagnon Falls Occurrence (Noyes North Occurrence)
Marino Mountain Mine
Mineral Lot A
Ontario Gem Mine
Silver Lake Occurrence
Thunder Bay Amethyst Mine (Amethyst Mine Panorama)

Latitude: 48°41'2"N
Longitude: 88°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.683888888889,-88.733333333333

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	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	33407	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	33398,33399,33400,33402,33403,33406,33407,33408	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	33399,33402,33406,33407,33409	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	33398,33399,33402,33403,33406,33408	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	33407	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	33407	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	33399,33402,33403,33406,33407,33408	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	33407,33409	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	33398,33399,33400,33406,33407	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	33398,33407	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	33409	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	33396	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	33399,33403,33408,33409	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	33397,33398,33399,33400,33402,33403,33404,33406,33407,33408,33409	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	33407	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	33399,33403,33407,33408	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	33408	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	33407	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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