Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 238035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elwin Inlet
Nanisivik Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Covellite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tridymite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*	Boyleite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ice ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zincocopiapite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Covellite Diaspore
Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Tridymite Wurtzite

33 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1100	1100	1	31418	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1100	1100	1	31418	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1100	1100	1	31418	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	40
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1100	1100	1	31418	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1100	1100	1	31418	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1100	1100	1	31418	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1100	1100	1	31418	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1100	1100	1	31418	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1100	1100	1	31418	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1100	1100	1	31418	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1100	1100	1	31418	717
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1600	1000	2	31418,31419	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	251
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	59
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1100	1100	1	31418	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1100	1100	1	31418	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1100	1100	1	31418	249
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1100	1100	1	31418	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	2	31418,31421	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1100	1100	1	31418	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1100	1100	2	31417,31418	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	293
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1100	1100	1	31418	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	2	31418,31421	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1100	1100	1	31418	2045
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1100	1100	1	31418	372
Zincocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	ZnFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1100	1100	1	31418	11

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
GSAAP25_471_0001	1100	1100	1100	Rb-Sr	mineralization	high	sphalerite	Sphalerite	514	Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada	Nanisivik, Canada	Christensen (1993)	GSAAP25_471
sedexmvt-00071	1105	1085	1095±10 Ma (paleomagnetism); 461±2 Ma (Ar-Ar)	paleomag					514	Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada	Nanisivik	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00116	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic?						514	Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada	Nanisivik	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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