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Locality Name:
Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1814
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1300

mindat Locality ID: 10092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°4'6"N
Longitude: 104°32'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.068333333333,-104.54055555556
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: Al As B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCorundumCovellite
DigeniteFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41300130005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13001300027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1300130005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213001300027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS130013000966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O130013000566
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181300130001008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1300130004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1300130001027
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)130013000648
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13001300024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS130013000131
Graphite  (*)NoneC1300130002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313001300014640
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2130013000102
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21300130005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213001300017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs130013000633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS130013000767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213001300039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2130013000233
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1300130006417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51300130001516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13001300021482
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)813001300051
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21300130002718


3 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
Kristen002522181418081811±3  zircon  YesZircon  47600Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaAthabasca Round-Basin AreaTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 
DeepDive-Co-0022130013001300        10092Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaCigar Lake uranium depositLiu et al. (1996)10.1016/0169-7722(95)00029-1JCH21_19 
Giersdorf_00000822130013001300      Coffinite, Uraninite 10092Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaCigar LakePearcy et al. (1994)10.1016/0883-2927(94)90030-2AG9_713Age is given in comparison to the Nopal deposit due to its similarity as a natural analogue to nuclear waste disposal systems

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