Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Christopher Island, Baker Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 19909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Christopher Island, Baker Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°5'33"N
Longitude: 94°36'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.0925,-94.616111111111

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.

Copper	Malachite	None	Rocksalt	Wölsendorfite

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 Au C Cu H K Na O Pb Se Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Cu H K Na O Pb Se Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Malachite None Rocksalt Wölsendorfite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Athabascaite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Boltwoodite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Gold ()*	Kasolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Umangite ()*
Wölsendorfite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	18
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	66
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	67
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	54
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	15
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	71
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	43

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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