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Locality Name:
Muskox Intrusion, Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1266

mindat Locality ID: 17369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muskox Intrusion, Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°12'30"N
Longitude: 114°53'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.208333333333,-114.88333333333

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.

Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite
Iron	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Tochilinite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Cabriite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Coalingite ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muskoxite ()*	Nickel ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Wairauite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O Pd S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O Pd S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Baddeleyite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Hydrotalcite
Iron Nickeline None Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Tochilinite Valleriite Wurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1274	1266	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	1274	1266	39
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1274	1266	166
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1274	1266	238
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	1274	1266	12
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1274	1266	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1274	1266	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1274	1266	3902
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	1274	1266	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1274	1266	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1274	1266	802
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1274	1266	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1274	1266	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1274	1266	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1274	1266	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1274	1266	1089
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1274	1266	148
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1274	1266	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1274	1266	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1274	1266	14899
Muskoxite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₇Fe³⁺₄(OH)₂₆·H₂O (?)	1274	1266	1
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1274	1266	57
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1274	1266	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1274	1266	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1274	1266	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1274	1266	5614
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1274	1266	56
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1274	1266	237
Wairauite ()*	Iron	CoFe	1274	1266	16

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
	EPSL96_38_Muskox0001	1274	1266	1270±4	U-Pb	intrusion age		baddeleyite, zircon							17369	Muskox Intrusion, Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada	Muskox intrusion	LeCheminant and Heaman (1989)	10.1016/0012-821X(89)90122-2	EPSL96_38

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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