Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maclennan Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1670

mindat Locality ID: 215271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maclennan Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Maclennan Mine
Nickel Rim Mine (East Rim Mine)
Nickel Rim South Mine
Sheppard Gold Mine
Victor Deep Mine
Victor Mine

Latitude: 46°40'27"N
Longitude: 80°47'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.674166666667,-80.7925

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stillwaterite
Tetradymite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	hauchecornite

Altaite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Empressite ()*
Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*	Hauchecornite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Niggliite ()*
Paolovite ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannopalladinite ()*	Stützite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Violarite ()*	Volynskite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Melonite Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stillwaterite
Tetradymite Ullmannite Wurtzite hauchecornite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1900	1670	1	33188	489
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1850	1850	1	33188	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1900	1670	1	33187	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	2	33185,33188	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1900	1670	1	33188	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1900	1670	1	33188	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	5	33184,33185,33187,33188,33189	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1900	1670	2	33185,33188	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1850	1850	2	33185,33188	802
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1900	1670	1	33188	43
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	1	33188	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1670	1	33188	24243
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1850	1850	1	33188	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1900	1670	1	33187	30554
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	1850	1850	2	33184,33188	27
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1900	1670	1	33188	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1670	3	33184,33185,33188	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1850	1850	1	33188	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1900	1670	4	33184,33185,33188,33189	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1850	1850	1	33188	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1850	1850	1	33188	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1850	1850	1	33188	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1850	1850	3	33184,33185,33188	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1850	1850	1	33188	133
Niggliite ()*	Nickeline	PtSn	1850	1850	1	33188	22
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1850	1850	1	33188	38
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1850	1850	1	33188	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	4	33184,33185,33188,33189	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1670	4	33184,33185,33188,33189	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1670	4	33184,33185,33188,33189	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1670	1	33187	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1900	1670	1	33184	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1900	1670	1	33188	5186
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	1850	1850	1	33188	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1850	1850	1	33188	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1900	1670	3	33184,33185,33188	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1850	1850	1	33188	668
Stannopalladinite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₃Sn	1850	1850	1	33188	12
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1900	1670	1	33188	92
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1900	1670	1	33188	100
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1850	1850	2	33184,33188	380
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1900	1670	1	33188	64

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EPSL105_416-00019	1890	1670	1780±110	Re-Os		PGM-79-108,PGM-79-109,PGM-79-113,PGM-79-114,PGM-79	Yes		11127	Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Falconbridge	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001968	1890	1670	1780±110	Re-Os			Yes		11127	Falconbridge Mine, Falconbridge Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Falconbridge Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EPSL105_416-00020	1900	1780	1840±60	Re-Os		F418572,F418573,F418574,F418575,F418577,F418578	Yes		14297	Levack Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Levak West	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EG105_1057_018	1850	1850	1850				Yes	Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Kristen001967	1900	1780	1840±60	Re-Os			Yes		135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Levack West Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001970	1851	1849	1850±1		age of ore crystallization		Yes		135257	McCreedy West Mine (Levack West Mine), Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Sudbury Igneous Complex	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
EPSL105_416-00021	1830	1710	1770±60	Re-Os		PGM-79-126,PGM-79-128,PGM-79-138,PGM-79-139	Yes		8082	Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Strathcona	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416
Kristen001969	1830	1710	1770±60	Re-Os			Yes		8082	Strathcona Mine, Levack Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada	Strathcona Mine	Walker et al. (1991)	10.1016/0012-821X(91)90182-H	EPSL105_416

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