Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muskiki Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 241493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muskiki Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°19'59"N
Longitude: 105°42'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.333055555556,-105.71638888889

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	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Huntite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scarbroite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2.58	27770
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	2.58	90
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2.58	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2.58	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2.58	7437
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	2.58	69
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2.58	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2.58	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2.58	17380
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2.58	64
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2.58	61156
Scarbroite ()*	None	Al₅(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·5H₂O	2.58	9

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_518	Muskiki Lake is one of the many saline and hypersaline lakes of the Great Plains of Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota and Montana. Post glacial sediments control the formation of these lakes.

1 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	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_518	2.58	0	Quaternary	Stratigraphy	Age of regional saline lakes									241493	Muskiki Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada	Muskiki Lake	Last and Schweyen (1983)		H105_245	Quaternary sediments controlled development of regional saline lakes.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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