Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 23466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Agassiz Mine (MacLellan Mine)
Amy Lake
Barrington Lake Deposit
Burnt Timber Mine
Cartwright Lake Deposit (Bonanza)
Dot Lake Deposit
E1B 138 Deposit
FL & DH Groups (East Eldon)
Fox Lake Mine
Francis Lake Deposit (Nicoba)
Gemmell Lake (Finlay McKinlay)
Goodenough Deposit
Granville Lake
It Group Deposit
Johnson Shear Occurrence (Faust; T1A Zone)
Lasthope Deposit
Laurie Lake
Lynn Lake Mine
McBride Lake
Melvin Lake
Sheila Lake
Wasekwan Lake T1A Deposit
Z Deposit

Latitude: 56°48'20"N
Longitude: 100°55'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.805555555556,-100.92833333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Geocronite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Eastonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-tschermakite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Geocronite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30458	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	30463	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	30484	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	30478	718
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈			1	30458	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1800	1800	7	30458,30459,30465,30466,30469,30471,30475	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	30458	843
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb			1	30458	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	30463	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1800	1800	8	30458,30462,30466,30469,30471,30475,30476,30487	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1800	1800	1	30478	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	30478	327
Eastonite ()*	Mica	KAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	30458	11
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1800	1800	1	30469	8173
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30458	27
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	30458	663
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	30458	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1800	1800	6	30458,30459,30462,30465,30469,30475	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	30458	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	541	11	30458,30459,30462,30463,30465,30466,30469,30471,30475,30476,30482	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	541	5	30458,30469,30479,30484,30485	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30458	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	8	30458,30460,30466,30469,30473,30476,30479,30482	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	541	2	30458,30479	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1800	1800	2	30463,30469	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2500	541	2	30458,30479	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	30458	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	30458	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30458	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	12	30458,30459,30462,30463,30465,30466,30469,30471,30475,30476,30479,30482	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9	30458,30459,30463,30465,30466,30469,30475,30479,30482	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1800	1800	9	30458,30459,30462,30463,30465,30469,30471,30475,30476	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1800	1800	2	30458,30469	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	30458	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1800	1800	7	30458,30462,30465,30466,30469,30471,30487	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1800	1800	1	30469	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	30458	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	30458	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30458	73
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	30458	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2500	541	1	30479	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_676	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
vms-00096	1800	1800	Proterozoic		S	243308	Barrington Lake Deposit, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Barrington Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00109	1800	1800	Proterozoic		S	243303	FL & DH Groups (East Eldon), Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	FL and DH	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00112	1800	1800	Proterozoic		S	11221	Fox Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Fox	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00114	1800	1800	Proterozoic		S	243307	Goodenough Deposit, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Goodenough	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00119	1800	1800	Lower Proterozoic		S	29489	Lar Deposit, Laurie Lake, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Lar	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
EG105_1057_020	1880	1860	1880-1860		Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	15092	Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Lynn Lake	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_676	2500	541	Proterozoic	Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province	Ni, Cu	15092	Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Lynn Lake	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
vms-00123	2500	541	Proterozoic			243298	McBride Lake, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	MacBride Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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