Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 215282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bob Lake Deposit
Fidelity Deposit
Found Lake
Ideal Deposit
Jungle Lake Deposit
Nokomis Lake Deposit
Park Lake Deposit
Puffy Lake Mine
Sherritt Gordon Mine (Sherridon Mine)
Star Lake
Vamp Lake Deposit
Wim Deposit

Latitude: 55°6'26"N
Longitude: 101°4'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.107222222222,-101.07194444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite
Sulphur	Wagnerite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Alpersite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Devilline ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Jurbanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Schwertmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uvarovite ()*	Wagnerite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copiapite Copper Coronadite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite
Sulphur Wagnerite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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)	2500	1600	1	30569	8803
Alpersite ()*	Melanterite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	10
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2500	1600	1	30569	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	1627
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30570	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	1600	3	30566,30568,30569	9052
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	178
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	1600	2	30568,30569	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	1600	4	30560,30565,30568,30569	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	30563	3902
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	382
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	30570	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2500	1600	1	30569	802
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	30563,30568	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	1600	1	30569	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	2500	1600	1	30569	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1600	2	30568,30569	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	30570	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	1600	3	30566,30568,30569	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2500	1600	1	30569	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2500	1600	1	30569	2228
Jurbanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	7
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	2500	1600	1	30569	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			2	30566,30568	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	30566	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2500	1600	1	30569	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2500	1600	1	30569	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	1600	1	30569	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	1236
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	1600	4	30560,30565,30566,30569	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	1600	5	30560,30565,30566,30568,30569	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	1600	3	30566,30568,30569	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	293
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	2500	1600	1	30569	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2500	1600	1	30569	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1600	4	30560,30565,30568,30569	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2500	1600	1	30569	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	1600	1	30569	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			1	30563	212
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F			1	30570	61

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00098	1800	1800	Lower Proterozoic	S	243365	Bob Lake Deposit, Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Bob Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00117	1800	1800	Lower Proterozoic	S	243364	Jungle Lake Deposit, Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Jungle Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00137	2500	1600	Lower Proterozoic		131238	Sherritt Gordon Mine (Sherridon Mine), Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Sherridon East	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00138	2500	1600	Lower Proterozoic		131238	Sherritt Gordon Mine (Sherridon Mine), Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Sherridon West	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00143	1800	1800	Proterozoic	S	243351	Vamp Lake Deposit, Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Vamp Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00146	1800	1800	Proterozoic	S	243362	Wim Deposit, Sherridon District, Manitoba, Canada	Wim	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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