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Locality Name:
Namew Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2015
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 195419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Namew Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°11'0"N
Longitude: 101°53'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.183333333333,-101.88333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeMarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteQuartzSpinelTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greigite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smythite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218531841027198
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2185318410327
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21853184109895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1853184107437
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S418531841062
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318531841014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31853184105433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418531841014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21853184105674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1853184101066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81853184101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218531841039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81853184109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218531841061156
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)18531841077
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41853184101934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21853184103337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21853184102562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4185318410380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
Michelle_681Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001192518861886-1925 age of Amisk Grouphigh   Yes S22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566composite age from multiple references listed in Syme and Bailes (1993) for the Amisk Group which is host to the VMS deposits
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002188918861886-1889 Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group   Yes  22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003186018301860-1830     Yes  22821Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin Flon BeltSyme and Bailes (1993)10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566EG88_566dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt
CJES28_1328_0001187218561864 ± 8Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0002186518591862 ± 3U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0003182918191824 ± 5U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0004185318411847 ± 6U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0005196119351948 ± 13Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
CJES28_1328_0006201519771996 ± 19Pb-Pbhost rockwhole rock  Yes  243360Copper Reef Deposit, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew Lake depositCumming (1991) CJES28_1328 
vms-0011018001800Proterozoic     Yes S11182Flin Flon Mine (South Main Mine), Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaFlin FlonMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Michelle_681185318411847±6 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu195419Namew Lake Mine, Flin Flon District, Manitoba, CanadaNamew LakeHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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