Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kivalliq District, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 216791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kivalliq District, Nunavut, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lac Cinquante U Deposit
Rankin Inlet Mine

Latitude: 62°34'32"N
Longitude: 98°41'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.575555555556,-98.694166666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: As Cu Fe Ni O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Fluorite Marcasite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31471	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31471	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	31471	5674
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	31471	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	31471	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31471	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31471	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31470	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	31470	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	31471	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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