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Locality Name:
Contact Lake Mine (B.E.A.R. Deposit), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1860
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 211456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211456.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Contact Lake Mine (B.E.A.R. Deposit), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°59'37"N
Longitude: 117°47'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.993611111111,-117.79833333333
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 As Bi C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteFluorite
LöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1860150002793
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)18601500041
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1860150009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21860150005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1860150001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31860150001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41860150005516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb186015000175
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1860150005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218601500027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2186015000162
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS186015000966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1860150004165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O186015000814
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4186015000163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18601500024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS186015000131
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318601500014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te186015000804
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2186015000762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418601500014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218601500012537
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs186015000633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS186015000767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]186015000249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218601500039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218601500061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2186015000233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2186015000317
Silver  (*)CopperAg1860150005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18601500021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS186015000332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131860150005317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21860150002718


2 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
Emily00025918601860  age of Great Bear batholith   Yes  518Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaGreat Bear BatholithKissin (1993) GC19_113age of Great Bear batholith
Emily00026015001500  age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith   Yes  518Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaGreat Bear BatholithKissin (1993) GC19_113age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith

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