Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 19904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Beaverlodge Lake
Beta Gamma Mine
Black Bay Uranium Mines
Bolger Mine
Camdeck Occurrence
Cayzor Mine (Azor)
Cenex U Deposit
Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se Occurrence (Hal Lake Occurrence)
Eagle Mine (Eagle-Ace)
Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd. Mines
Goldfields District
Gunnar Mine (Gunnar Deposit)
Hal Lake Selenium Occurence No. 1
Lake Cinch Mine
Martin Lake Mine
National Explorations Mine
Nesbitt LaBine Uranium Mine
Pitch Ore Mine
Pitche Group
Rix-Athabasca Uranium Mines
St. Louis Fault
St. Michael Mine
Uranium City
Uranium Ridge Deposit
Viking Lake

Latitude: 59°32'50"N
Longitude: 108°32'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.547222222222,-108.54472222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Vivianite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Sn Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Ullmannite Vivianite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Athabascaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Guanajuatite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jolliffeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metazeunerite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Munakataite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nolanite ()*	Oosterboschite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*
Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Tiemannite ()*	Tin ()*	Titanite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1850	15	35068,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35091,35095,35097,35102,35104,35105	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1850	1850	1	35102	2162
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1850	1850	1	35088	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	1	35089	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1850	1850	1	35067	9052
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	1850	1850	1	35094	18
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1850	1850	1	35094	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1850	1850	4	35072,35083,35086,35094	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	10	35067,35068,35073,35074,35075,35090,35091,35094,35096,35097	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1850	1850	1	35074	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	27	35065,35067,35068,35069,35070,35072,35073,35074,35075,35076,35077,35078,35079,35080,35081,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35100,35102,35103,35104,35105	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1850	1850	1	35098	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1850	1850	2	35091,35096	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1850	1850	4	35072,35083,35086,35092	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	19	35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35075,35083,35084,35086,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1850	1850	8	35067,35068,35072,35074,35075,35083,35086,35094	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1850	1850	1	35102	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1850	1850	2	35067,35090	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1850	1850	3	35067,35074,35091	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1850	1850	1	35094	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1850	1850	1	35090	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1850	1850	5	35073,35074,35091,35096,35097	4165
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1850	1850	1	35089	58
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1850	1850	2	35074,35091	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1850	1850	1	35095	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	19	35067,35068,35069,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35088,35089,35090,35095,35100,35103,35104,35105	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1850	1850	4	35068,35072,35074,35093	8173
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	1850	1850	2	35072,35094	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1850	1850	2	35072,35094	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1850	1850	2	35076,35095	9617
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1850	1850	1	35090	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1850	1850	10	35068,35073,35074,35075,35084,35091,35095,35096,35100,35101	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	7	35067,35084,35087,35088,35090,35094,35097	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1850	1850	6	35066,35070,35073,35095,35105,35106	2812
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	1850	1850	1	35090	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	28	35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35083,35086,35087,35088,35089,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101,35102,35104,35105	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1850	1850	3	35074,35075,35091	5433
Jolliffeite ()*	Ullmannite	NiAsSe	1850	1850	1	35067	3
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1850	1850	1	35091	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1850	1850	2	35077,35089	198
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1850	1850	4	35072,35083,35086,35094	63
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1850	1850	1	35067	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1850	1850	1	35073	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1850	1850	3	35072,35089,35092	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1850	1850	1	35075	5674
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1850	1850	1	35089	182
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	1850	1850	2	35072,35092	15
Munakataite ()*	Linarite	Pb₂Cu₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(SO₄)(OH)₄	1850	1850	1	35072	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1850	7	35079,35091,35093,35094,35104,35105,35106	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1850	1850	1	35090	633
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂	1850	1850	4	35074,35075,35090,35098	19
Oosterboschite ()*	None	(Pd,Cu)₇Se₅	1850	1850	1	35090	5
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1850	1850	1	35091	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1850	1850	1	35067	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1850	1850	1	35083	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	23	35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35075,35079,35080,35083,35084,35086,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101,35104,35106	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1850	1850	1	35084	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	27	35067,35068,35069,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35083,35084,35086,35087,35088,35089,35091,35093,35094,35095,35097,35100,35102,35103,35104,35107	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1850	1850	1	35090	233
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1850	1850	1	35077	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1850	1850	1	35079	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1850	1850	1	35090	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1850	1850	4	35067,35088,35090,35094	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1850	1850	5	35074,35075,35084,35096,35101	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1850	1850	1	35090	75
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1850	1850	2	35067,35090	83
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1850	1850	1	35096	63
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1850	1850	2	35091,35093	4899
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	1850	1850	4	35072,35086,35092,35094	17
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1850	1850	1	35090	293
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1850	1850	5	35072,35083,35086,35092,35094	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	31	35065,35066,35067,35068,35069,35070,35072,35073,35074,35075,35077,35079,35080,35081,35083,35088,35089,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35100,35101,35102,35103,35104,35106,35107	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1850	1850	5	35069,35073,35077,35089,35091	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	1850	1850	1	35083	94

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
	Hg-00086	1850	1850								Yes		Tiemannite	Hg	29182	Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada		Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060481	Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se Occurrence (Hal Lake Occurrence), Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060481
R070019	Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070019

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