Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 171345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°29'59"N
Longitude: 82°35'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.499722222222,-82.594444444444

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.

Baryte	Brannerite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba Ca Cr F Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Ca Cr F Fe H Mg O P S Si Sn Ti U W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brannerite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Titanite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2500	1600	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	1600	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2500	1600	248
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2500	1600	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2500	1600	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2500	1600	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	1600	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	1600	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	1600	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	1600	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	1600	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	1600	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	1600	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	1600	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2500	1600	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2500	1600	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2500	1600	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	1600	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2500	1600	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	1600	5251

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
	ree-00235	2500	1600	Early Proterozoic											171345	Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Elliott Lake (Blind River)- Denison	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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