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Locality Name:
Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2223
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2206.1

mindat Locality ID: 57536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57536.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Charters Township
Corkill Township
Donovan Township
Haultain Township
Lawson Township
Leith Township
Milner Township
Morel Township
Nicol Township
Van Hise Township

Latitude: 47°36'22"N
Longitude: 80°43'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.606111111111,-80.731111111111
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K La Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKobelliteLöllingiteMalachiteMillerite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutterudite
SphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneVivianiteXanthoconite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Langite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2222.92215.91133816,33828,33837,33840,33841,33844,33848,33856,33858,33861,338642793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22222.92215.9233844,338613419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2222.92215.91338448803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS2222.92215.913386156
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32222.92215.91338581534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2222.92215.9333816,33837,33861445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2222.92215.9233860,338619052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22222.92215.91338555509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2222.92215.9233826,3383011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2222.92215.9733828,33843,33844,33856,33858,33860,338621966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42222.92215.9833825,33829,33842,33851,33855,33856,33857,338615516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2222.92215.9233855,33856175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22232207.33133814,33816,33817,33819,33820,33821,33822,33824,33825,33826,33828,33830,33832,33833,33835,33837,33840,33843,33844,33846,33848,33851,33853,33855,33856,33857,33858,33860,33861,33862,3386427770
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)32222.92215.913386147
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2222.92215.91338615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS222232207.32533816,33817,33819,33821,33825,33826,33828,33829,33831,33837,33840,33841,33842,33845,33847,33849,33855,33856,33857,33858,33860,33861,33862,33864,3386527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS22232207.3833826,33828,33830,33832,33837,33844,33853,33856966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22222.92215.9333832,33837,338449895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)22232207.3233828,338588173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O22232207.31333814,33816,33819,33824,33826,33828,33829,33837,33842,33843,33845,33853,33858814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2222.92215.9933817,33826,33829,33837,33845,33853,33858,33861,3386524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S42222.92215.9133861192
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O322232207.3533816,33828,33831,33837,3386214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32222.92215.91338445433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O22232207.313382899
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2222.92215.9133816593
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22222.92215.9333832,33837,33844762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42222.92215.913381614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22222.92215.913385512537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As82222.92215.9133856161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2222.92215.9233816,338611066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs22232207.32033816,33819,33820,33821,33822,33826,33827,33828,33830,33835,33837,33841,33843,33848,33855,33856,33860,33861,33862,33865633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2222.92215.9133837767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22222.92215.913383752
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2222.92215.9233858,33861249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2222.92215.9133861716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2222.92215.9133816309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22222.92215.91338611898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32222.92215.9233828,33861733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32222.92215.91338611425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222232207.31233826,33828,33829,33837,33845,33847,33853,33855,33856,33857,33858,3386139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82222.92215.9233816,338269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222232207.31333816,33817,33824,33825,33826,33828,33837,33844,33846,33856,33858,33861,3386561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22222.92215.9533832,33837,33841,33855,33861233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs222232207.31433826,33827,33828,33829,33830,33831,33832,33837,33842,33844,33847,33855,33858,33861317
Silver  (*)CopperAg2222.92215.93933814,33816,33817,33819,33820,33821,33822,33824,33825,33826,33827,33828,33829,33830,33831,33832,33833,33835,33837,33839,33840,33842,33843,33844,33845,33846,33847,33848,33849,33851,33855,33856,33857,33858,33860,33861,33862,33864,338655186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs322232207.32333814,33816,33819,33820,33821,33822,33826,33827,33828,33830,33832,33835,33837,33840,33843,33844,33846,33848,33851,33855,33856,33860,33861531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2222.92215.913386121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42222.92215.9133861586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2222.92215.9133844456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2222.92215.9233858,33861332
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS32222.92215.9233828,3386189


12 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
Emily0005312217.52217.5 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
Emily00053222172217 U-Pbage of vein mineralizationrutile  YesRutile  58159Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCobalt-Gowganda regionMarshall and Watkinson (2000) 10.2113/0090081EMG9_81 
CJES23_1507_000122232215.82219.4 ± 3.6U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_00022219.12215.92217.5 ± 1.6U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_0003222322112217 ± 6U-Pbmineralizationrutile  YesRutile  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES23_1507_00042222.92207.32215.1 ± 7.8U-Pbmineralizationrutile  YesRutile  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle MineAndrews (1986) CJES23_1507 
CJES29_1424_00012221.22213.22217.2 ± 4U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaKerns and Hudson townshipsNoble (1992) CJES29_1424 
CJES29_1424_00022213.12206.12209.6 ± 3.5U-Pbhost rockbaddeleyite  YesBaddeleyite  576O'Brien Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaKerns and Hudson townshipsNoble (1992) CJES29_1424 
Co-000082222.92207.32215.1±7.8U-Pb rutile   RutileCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-00009222322112217±6U-Pb rutile   RutileCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-000102219.12215.92217.5±1.6U-Pb baddeleyite   BaddeleyiteCobaltite, Erythrite, Nickeline, SaffloriteCo, Ni5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaCastle Mine, GowgandaCorfu & Andrews (1986)10.1139/e86-011CJES23_107 
Co-001142222.92215.92219.4 (+3.6/-3.5)U-Pb      Co, Ni, As, Ag, Bi5830Castle Mine (Castle-Trethewey Mine), Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, CanadaNipissing diabase, Castle mine, Gowganda, OntarioAndrews et al. (1986)10.1139/e86-144CJES_23_1507error is (+3.6/-3.5); age of Nipissing diabase, the Ni-Co-As-Ag-Bi veins are this age or younger

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060909Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060909
R070754Capitol Mine, Haultain Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070754
R100115Rusty Lake Mine (Rustex Mine; Hudson Bay Mine), Leith Township, Gowganda Area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100115

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