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Locality Name:
Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd. Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 10892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd. Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ace Deposit
Dubya Deposit
Eldorado Mine (Beaverlodge Mine; Beaverlodge Operation)
Fay Deposit
Hab Deposit
Intermediate Zone
Spur Pit
Verna Deposit

Latitude: 59°34'18"N
Longitude: 108°25'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.571666666667,-108.42944444444

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.

Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nolanite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Marcasite Mica Nolanite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Zircon

26 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1850	5	35076,35078,35079,35080,35081	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	1	35075	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1850	1850	0		248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	7	35075,35076,35077,35078,35079,35080,35081	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	1	35075	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1850	1850	1	35075	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1850	1850	0		566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1850	1850	0		4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1850	1850	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	5	35076,35078,35079,35080,35081	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1850	1850	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1850	1850	1	35076	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1850	1850	1	35075	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	5	35076,35078,35079,35080,35081	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1850	1850	1	35075	5433
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1850	1850	1	35077	198
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1850	1850	1	35075	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1850	1	35079	17380
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	1850	1850	1	35075	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	3	35075,35079,35080	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	5	35076,35078,35079,35080,35081	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1850	1850	1	35077	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1850	1850	1	35079	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1850	1850	1	35075	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	5	35075,35077,35079,35080,35081	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1850	1850	1	35077	890

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00086	1850	1850								Yes		Tiemannite	Hg	29182	Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada		Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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