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Locality Name:
Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 213675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Amayersuk Kimberlite
Batty Kimberlite
Creswell Kimberlite
Elwin Bay Kimberlite
Ham Kimberlite
Jos Kimberlite
Korvik-Selatiavak Kimberlite
Mike Kimberlite
Mt. Walker
New Kimberlite
Nikos Kimberlite
Nord Kimberlite
Paco Kimberlite
Peuyuk Kimberlite
Quest Kimberlite
Tunraq Kimberlite

Latitude: 73°20'44"N
Longitude: 92°13'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 73.345555555556,-92.218333333333
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: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDjerfisheriteGarnetMicaNoneOlivine
PentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneRutileSapphirineSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)431501,31503,31508,3151327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213151127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4331503,31511,315133902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181315061008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6331503,31508,315134135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl13150160
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)331503,31508,315131188
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2131511205
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4131506407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3231503,315135433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4331503,31511,3151314899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)131501153
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81315111512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3831498,31499,31501,31502,31503,31508,31511,31513495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2431501,31503,31508,315132273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2231501,3151139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3431501,31503,31508,31513341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2231511,315135614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]131506129
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4331501,31503,315081934
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4231503,31511120


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