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Locality Name:
Gold Eagle Deposit, Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2720
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 264935
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264935.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Eagle Deposit, Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidote
MicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TalcUllmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Willyamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22720270003419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52720270001310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2720270009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27202700027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227202700027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42720270003902
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2720270008173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2272027000271
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27202700024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27202700030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14272027000784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427202700014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227202700017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS272027000767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82720270001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227202700039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82720270009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227202700061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2720270004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27202700021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22720270003337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22720270002562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS272027000293
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS27202700025


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Emily00054327202700  mineralization     Au264935Gold Eagle Deposit, Red Lake Gold District, Kenora District, Ontario, CanadaRed Lake greenstone belt, northwestern OntarioCorfu et al. (1987)10.1139/e87-126CjES24_1302 

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