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Locality Name:
Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2730
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 22308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nunavut, Canada": 117
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 83

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Arcedeckne Island
Axel Heiberg Island
Baffin Island
Bathurst Island
Chantrey Inlet Pegmatite Field
Committee Bay Greenstone Belt
Coppermine River Area
Coronation Diamond District
Darby Kimberlite Field
Devon Island
Ellef Ringnes Island
Ellesmere Island
Kitikmeot Region
Kivalliq District
Kivalliq Region
Little Cornwallis Island
Lupin Mine
Mackenzie District
Somerset Island

Latitude: 69°57'51"N
Longitude: 97°15'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.964166666667,-97.261666666667
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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteAuricuprideAxiniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBatisiteBerylBournonite
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDanburiteDiamondDiasporeDigeniteDjerfisheriteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHexahydriteHumiteHydrotalciteIronJeppeiteKaolinite
KieseriteKobelliteLöllingiteLazuliteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePectolite
PentlanditePerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SapphirineScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyite
StauroliteStillwateriteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTochiliniteTourmaline
TridymiteUllmanniteValleriiteWollastoniteWurtziteWölsendorfiteZircon

239 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Afghanite  (*)
Albite  (*)Allargentum  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Aluminoceladonite  (*)
Amblygonite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Armalcolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Athabascaite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytolamprophyllite  (*)
Batisite  (*)Berthierine  (*)Beryl  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bianchite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Boyleite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Cabriite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coalingite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danburite  (*)Diamond  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucairite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Froodite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Harrisonite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ice  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iriginite  (*)Iron  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Jaskólskiite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Larnite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Muskoxite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nickel  (*)Nixonite  (*)
Nuffieldite  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)
Sapphirine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Serendibite  (*)Shcherbakovite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetraferriannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tochilinite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Wairauite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincocopiapite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S273027301314962793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)227302730431431,31489,31493,314963419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61314221022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6131422286
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl613141125
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)831399,31404,31412,31422,31429,31453,31487,314898803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)2730273013149669
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)327302730731397,31404,31411,31423,31439,31493,314962353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe131489489
Aluminoceladonite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Fe2+)Al(Si4O10)(OH)213143112
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F131453244
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51314291310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)110011001314182734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)431441,31443,31444,314451588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2110011001314183092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2131422356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)127412661314341036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2131415718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0.0101314463250
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O51274126613143439
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27302730431477,31489,31493,314969052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3131492544
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se413147418
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61313992060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe12741266131434166
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)22730273013149688
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21314925509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO212741266331398,31399,31434238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1100351631418,31422,31475,31476,31487,3149111547
Barytolamprophyllite  (*)None(BaK)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)213142221
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)213142211
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)413144259
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18531403,31404,31429,31431,314534286
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)13147466
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O1100110013141840
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi273027301314961966
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O231474,3147667
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412741266231432,314925516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1127302730131496843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3273027301314961089
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O1100110013141823
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb27302730131496175
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn1274126613143412
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2131489361
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)13142246
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12743512631400,31402,31411,31412,31414,31418,31422,31425,31431,31432,31441,31446,31447,31450,31467,31475,31478,31481,31487,31491,31492,31493,31501,31503,31508,3151327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2273027301314965171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)110011001314181252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O11001100131418925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12741266431432,31433,31434,314925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2273011001331399,31418,31431,31432,31434,31471,31477,31478,31489,31492,31493,31496,3151127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412741266831422,31434,31457,31459,31460,31503,31511,315133902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4131422951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe131474281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81314751756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2131411236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1100110001025
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O1274126613143427
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS27302730231489,31496966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S813148982
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O331475,31481,31489566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6231404,31429518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6131404289
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O11001100231418,31441382
Copper  (*)CopperCu12741266331432,31434,314923846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1827302730331429,31496,315061008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31314121797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S527302730131496344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS27301100331418,31492,314964165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S327301266231434,31496802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2131477327
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1314922970
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8131443148
Diamond  (*)DiamondC631410,31424,31436,31437,31439,31485697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S27302730231476,314961027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61331402,31411,31412,31414,31422,31425,31457,31459,31460,31489,31503,31508,315134135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl231422,3150160
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21100351531418,31422,31475,31491,314929895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)27302730131496180
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)131453520
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O612741266131434944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27302730431475,31478,31493,314968173
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe13147454
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)131397371
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)213144186
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)227302730131496129
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6231397,3142384
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O231400,31441107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F431397,31414,31422,314312740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2231487,314899617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F213143147
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12741266831411,31434,31457,31459,31460,31503,31508,315131188
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi213147862
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O427302730131496445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2730351731418,31422,31475,31489,31491,31492,3149624243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S513149238
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11001100331418,31441,314547437
Gold  (*)CopperAu27301100831401,31474,31477,31478,31487,31489,31493,3149630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC531397,31411,31412,31414,314932812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS11001100131418717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31314931544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2331429,31477,31493223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS27302730131496170
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O1100110013141848
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O16001000831400,31418,31419,31441,31443,31445,31447,314546890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1314441398
Harrisonite  (*)NoneCaFe2+6(SiO4)2(PO4)21313973
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)131411158
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2131511205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6231489,31493741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312741266831415,31422,31434,31475,31479,31481,31487,3149214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4131506407
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O11001100131418251
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O1100110013141859
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3127412661231397,31399,31422,31434,31457,31459,31460,31487,31489,31493,31503,315135433
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O13147615
Iron  (*)IronFe127412661314341089
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O212741266131434148
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S572730273013149625
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6131439154
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611001100331418,31441,314542228
Jaskólskiite  (*)MeneghiniteCuxPb2+x(Sb,Bi)2-xS5 (x ≈ 0.15)2730273013149615
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO413142249
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411001100231418,314875591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O131474198
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)131478116
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)51.143.113142848
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2131453232
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O13141137
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)131441581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)131422233
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S411001100131418249
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2131453210
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)412741266131434359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2331404,31489,31493762
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)13142282
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)12741266131434451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1314221487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4273012661631399,31415,31422,31429,31432,31434,31471,31475,31477,31478,31489,31493,31496,31503,31511,3151314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2431433,31474,31476,3149212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21100351431418,31441,31471,314915674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl231402,31425139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)231411,31412176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O11001100231418,31441915
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2131489207
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S2427302730131496158
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2131478155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.513147844
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe131478114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)27302730631404,31422,31429,31453,31475,314964924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227302730331431,31489,314965800
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O313147415
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)131397945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)131453200
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)131501153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2931404,31412,31422,31429,31431,31453,31475,31479,3148717380
Muskoxite  (*)HydrotalciteMg7Fe3+4(OH)26·H2O (?)127412661314341
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)51.143.1431411,31412,31422,31428884
Nickel  (*)CopperNi1274126613143457
Nixonite  (*)JeppeiteNa2Ti6O131314391
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S72730273013149632
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O13141224
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS131471767
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2331402,31413,31425313
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)12741266231422,31434363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812741266531434,31471,31478,31489,315111512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3931422,31498,31499,31501,31502,31503,31508,31511,31513495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21131402,31411,31412,31414,31422,31425,31431,31501,31503,31508,315132273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]27302730131496716
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)213142214
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)213142210
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)131476494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127412661314321898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3273027301314961425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227303511931411,31415,31418,31421,31422,31431,31441,31443,31471,31475,31477,31478,31489,31491,31492,31493,31496,31501,3151139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3831439,31457,31459,31460,31501,31503,31508,31513341
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3131487244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8273011001031397,31411,31418,31434,31471,31477,31478,31489,31493,314969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2273011002731397,31399,31402,31404,31411,31415,31417,31418,31423,31425,31429,31431,31432,31441,31443,31449,31452,31453,31454,31470,31475,31476,31478,31481,31487,31493,3149661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1314761711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2131449375
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O11001100231418,31441293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212741266831412,31431,31434,31439,31475,31487,31511,315135614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)231422,31487598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O131422301
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]131506129
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)231489,314934894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)331404,31429,314532705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1314041153
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)213145360
Serendibite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg6Al6]O4[Si6B3Al3O36]11001100019
Shcherbakovite  (*)BatisiteK2NaTi2O(OH)Si4O1213142216
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)273027301314966417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S411001100131418249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5273027301314961516
Silver  (*)CopperAg27302730431467,31487,31489,314965186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi13147844
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2131478337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)327302730231404,314961214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2730351631418,31421,31422,31491,31492,3149621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4831408,31411,31414,31422,31426,31501,31503,315081934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6131453688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS427302730131496668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)27302730331415,31429,31496978
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS427302730131496586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S32730273013149662
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As313147824
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O231477,31493456
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)131422589
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8231475,3147951
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1100351331418,31447,314912045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O131441139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2231402,314253337
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O613142999
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3131489276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13273027301314961803
Tetraferriannite  (*)MicaKFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)213142210
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1327302730231476,314965317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2131412236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1031399,31402,31411,31412,31422,31425,31431,31449,31489,314934899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]1274126613143456
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1314811059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2231411,314312562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)231429,31453313
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4331422,31503,31511120
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se213147471
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2631412,31470,31475,31476,31481,314892718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O231404,31475890
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]27301266231434,31496237
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)13144737
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4131471380
Wairauite  (*)IronCoFe1274126613143416
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O0.01013144832
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312741266231411,314321247
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O13147443
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1100351231418,31491372
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)131489939
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1100110013141811
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)27302730931397,31399,31404,31412,31422,31429,31475,31487,314965251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_814Weddellite occurs in stream sediment and a raised beach deposit. Twenty-five radiocarbon age determinations on marine molluscs, basal organic pond sediments, charred remains in archeological sites, and a variety of other materials have allowed the construction of an emergence curve for Cape Herschel, emergence of the order of 135 m has taken place during the last 8500-8700 radiocarbon years.


10 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
EG79_1056_0001800600700 ± 100Pb-Pbmineralizationgalena   Galena  24431Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivik, CanadaOlson (1984) EG79_1056 
GSAAP25_471_0001110011001100Rb-Srmineralizationhighsphalerite   Sphalerite  514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivik, CanadaChristensen (1993) GSAAP25_471 
sedexmvt-00071110510851095±10 Ma (paleomagnetism); 461±2 Ma (Ar-Ar)paleomag       514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivikTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-0011616001000Mesoproterozoic?        514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivikSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
TMA-0000251.143.147.1±4Rb-Srnephelinite-phonolite magmatism      221392Freemans Cove, Bathurst Island, Nunavut, CanadaFreemans Cove, Bathurst IslandMitchell & Platt (1983)10.1038/303609a0N303_609 
EPSL96_38_Muskox0001127412661270±4U-Pbintrusion agebaddeleyite, zircon     17369Muskox Intrusion, Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, CanadaMuskox intrusionLeCheminant and Heaman (1989)10.1016/0012-821X(89)90122-2EPSL96_38 
Michelle_8140.010Holocene Age of Cape Herschel emergence      188781Cape Herschel, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, CanadaCape HerschelBlake (1992)10.1139/e92-153CJES29_1958Age of Cape Herschel emergence. Fossil and sediment analaysis indicated that the region emerged approximately 135 m from 8500-8700 years ago.
sedexmvt-00073383351367±7 Ma (paleomagnetism); 366±15 Ma (Rb-Sr); 374±9 Ma (Re-Os on bitumen)paleomag, Rb-Sr, Re-Os       18828Polaris Mine (Arvik Mine), Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, CanadaPolarisTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00122381351366±15; pre-folding        18828Polaris Mine (Arvik Mine), Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, CanadaPolarisSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
vms-0023427302730Archean       S25303Izok Lake Mine, Itchen Lake, Mackenzie District, Nunavut, CanadaIzok LakeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050321Soper River, Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050321
R060187Polaris Mine (Arvik Mine), Little Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060187

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