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Locality Name:
Nesbitt LaBine Uranium Mine, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 19854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nesbitt LaBine Uranium Mine, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°34'4"N
Longitude: 108°30'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.567777777778,-108.50444444444

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: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sn U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tin  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850185005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18501850027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1850185005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1850185004165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18501850024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318501850014640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18501850021482
Tin  (*)NoneSn18501850063
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21850185002718



1 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
Hg-0008618501850      YesTiemanniteHg29182Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)   


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