Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nicholson No. 2, Consolidated Nicholson Mines, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 16979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nicholson No. 2, Consolidated Nicholson Mines, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°27'20"N
Longitude: 108°25'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.455555555556,-108.43027777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Löllingite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None
Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Ullmannite

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Froodite ()*	Gold ()*	Guanajuatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nolanite ()*	Oosterboschite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Fluorite Löllingite Nickeline Nolanite None
Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Ullmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1850	1850	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1850	1850	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	9895
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	62
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	30554
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	1850	1850	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	14640
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1850	1850	633
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	1850	1850	19
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	1850	1850	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	39462
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1850	1850	233
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1850	1850	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1850	1850	5186
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1850	1850	75
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1850	1850	83
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1850	1850	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	2718

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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