Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 191857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dumbells Salt Dome
Hoodoo Dome
Isachsen Saltdome

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Danburite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine

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 B Ca Cl Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Danburite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Danburite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	31443,31444,31445	1588
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	0		59
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	31443	148
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	31443,31445	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	31444	1398
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31443	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31443	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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