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Apatite from
Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Age information
Maximum recorded age:2672 Ma
Minimum recorded age:2672 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
12672 MaNeoarchean - Pb-Pb
Sample references:
1 -
Corfu, F., Muir, T.L. (1989) The Hemlo-Heron Bay greenstone belt and Hemlo Au-Mo deposit, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada 1. Sequence of igneous activity determined by zircon U-Pb geochronology. Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience section, 79 (3). 183-200 doi:10.1016/0168-9622(89)90029-8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:763983
Long-form Identifier:1:3:763983:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Apatite in this Region
Golden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘGolden Giant Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
6.2km (3.8 miles) ⓘWhite River property (White River gold occurrence), Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘFleck occurrence (American Brass; Two Duck Lake), O'Neill Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
35.0km (21.8 miles) ⓘFour Dams deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘSally deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
47.9km (29.8 miles) ⓘArea 41 deposit, Seeley Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘDeadhorse Creek complex, Walsh Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
63.1km (39.2 miles) ⓘGood Hope carbonatite, Killala Lake area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘPrairie Lake carbonatite, Killala Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
Harris (1989)
 
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