Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
W Horizon, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1109
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1107

mindat Locality ID: 310578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "W Horizon, Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay 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

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.

Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Isomertieite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite
Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Anduoite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coldwellite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Laflammeite ()*	Laurite ()*	Majakite ()*	Menshikovite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Palladinite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Platarsite ()*	Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Törnroosite ()*	Vysotskite ()*
Zvyagintsevite ()*

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 Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Chalcopyrite Isomertieite Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Potarite Pyrite
Stillwaterite Ullmannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anduoite ()*	None	RuAs₂	1109	1107	9
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1109	1107	31
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1109	1107	101
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1109	1107	27198
Coldwellite ()*	Not in a structural group	Pd₃Ag₂S	1109	1107	2
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1109	1107	119
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1109	1107	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1109	1107	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1109	1107	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1109	1107	116
Laflammeite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂S₂	1109	1107	7
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1109	1107	226
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1109	1107	22
Menshikovite ()*	None	Pd₃Ni₂As₃	1109	1107	15
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1109	1107	133
Palladinite ()*	None	PdO	1109	1107	6
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1109	1107	37
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1109	1107	44
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1109	1107	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1109	1107	34
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1109	1107	337
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1109	1107	24
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1109	1107	66
Törnroosite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁As₂Te₂	1109	1107	4
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1109	1107	53
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1109	1107	32

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00273	1109	1107		U-Pb						Yes		Tarkianite	Mo	56562	Coldwell Complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada		Heaman and Machado (1992)	10.1007/BF00310744	CMP110_289

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