Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eagle's Nest Ni-Cu-PGE Mine, BMA527862 Area, Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 237076
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237076.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagle's Nest Ni-Cu-PGE Mine, BMA527862 Area, Ring Of Fire, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°44'24"N
Longitude: 86°17'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.74,-86.299444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pt S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Epsomite Garnet Kaolinite Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	84
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	55
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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