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Locality Name:
Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 213698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Islet Mine

Latitude: 48°19'16"N
Longitude: 88°48'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.321111111111,-88.810833333333
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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperDomeykiteFluoriteGypsumMarcasite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite
Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1334932793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O133493445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13349311547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb133493175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13349327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213349327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1334931382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS133493966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21334939895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As13349373
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O133493814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21334939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13349324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1334932812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1334936890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21334935674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs133493633
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31334931425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213349339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81334939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213349361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1334931711
Silver  (*)CopperAg1334935186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3133493531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13349321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4133493586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131334935317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS133493372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060181Silver Islet Mine, Silver Islet, Sibley Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060181

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