Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dickstone Mine, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1925
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 195437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195437.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dickstone Mine, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°51'15"N
Longitude: 100°29'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.854166666667,-100.49361111111

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.

Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite

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: Bi Cu Fe O S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cu Fe O S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1800	1800	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1800	1800	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1800	1800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1800	1800	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1800	1800	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1800	1800	276

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	Volcanogenic 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_0002	Volcanogenic 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_0003	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	1925	1886	1886-1925	age of Amisk Group	high	Yes	S	22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	composite 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_0002	1889	1886	1886-1889	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group		Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	1860	1830	1860-1830			Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt
vms-00105	1800	1800	Proterozoic				S	195437	Dickstone Mine, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada	Dickstone	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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