Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Britannia Mine, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1925
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1830

mindat Locality ID: 31600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Britannia Mine, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, 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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Staurolite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote
Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Staurolite Titanite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1925	1830	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1925	1830	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1925	1830	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1925	1886	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1925	1830	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1925	1886	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1925	1886	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1925	1830	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1925	1830	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1925	1886	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1925	1830	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1925	1830	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1925	1830	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1925	1830	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1925	1830	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1925	1886	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1925	1886	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1925	1830	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1925	1830	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1925	1830	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1925	1886	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1925	1830	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1925	1830	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1925	1830	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	1925	1886	1886-1925	age of Amisk Group	high	Yes	S	22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	composite age from multiple references listed in Syme and Bailes (1993) for the Amisk Group which is host to the VMS deposits
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	1889	1886	1886-1889	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group		Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	1860	1830	1860-1830			Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt

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