Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bad Vermilion Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 254412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Vermilion Lake Area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ferguson Mine (Kelly's Location)
Foley Mine (Santa Fe Mine)
Golden Star Mine
Lucky Coon Mine (Hillier Mine)
Mine Centre Area
Stellar Mine

Latitude: 48°44'11"N
Longitude: 92°38'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.736388888889,-92.637777777778

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	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Molybdenite	Nickeline	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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Epidote Feldspar Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	32893	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	32890	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	32890,32891,32892,32894	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	32889,32890,32891	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	32889,32890,32891,32892,32894	30554
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	32893	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	32889,32890,32891,32892,32894	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	32891	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	32890,32891	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	32891	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	32889,32890,32892,32894	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	32893	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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