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Locality Name:
Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 204883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204883.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Birch Lake Mine
Coronation Mine
Flexar Mine
Western Nuclear Mine

Latitude: 54°39'47"N
Longitude: 102°7'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.663055555556,-102.13083333333
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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAndalusiteAtacamiteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Devilline  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S25005411350432793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225005411350433419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO525005411350411310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22500541135041718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42500541135041246
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32500541135040544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225005411350415509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425005411350415516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62500541235040,350411633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2500541235040,3504127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541435040,35041,35042,3504327198
Copper  (*)CopperCu25005411350403846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1825005411350411008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25005411350414165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32500541135041802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22500541135041327
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2500541235040,35041366
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2500541235040,350418173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42500541135041445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS250054113504324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)25005411350417437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32500541235041,3504314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325005411350415433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42500541435040,35041,35042,3504314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22500541235040,3504112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS225005411350415674
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2500541135041309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541435040,35041,35042,3504339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82500541435040,35041,35042,350439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250054113504161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541435040,35041,35042,3504321482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2500541135041978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132500541235041,350435317


3 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
EG111_1021_0001191018001910-1800U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaAmisk Lake district, Flin FlonWhalen (2016) EG111_1021 
vms-003682500541Proterozoic        10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaCoronationMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0036918001800Proterozoic       S195453Flexar Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaFlexarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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