Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Squall Lake Deposit, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1925
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1830

mindat Locality ID: 243355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Squall Lake Deposit, Snow Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Copper	None	Quartz	Staurolite

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 Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Copper None Quartz Staurolite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Quartz ()*	Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1925	1886	9052
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1925	1830	30554
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1925	1830	61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1925	1830	978

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon Belt formed in island arc-back arc tectonic environment as part of the Trans-Hudson orogen

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0001	1925	1886	1886-1925	age of Amisk Group	high	Yes	S	22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	composite age from multiple references listed in Syme and Bailes (1993) for the Amisk Group which is host to the VMS deposits
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0002	1889	1886	1886-1889	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group		Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	Synvolcanic plutons emplaced in the Amisk Group
EG88_566_Flin_Flon_0003	1860	1830	1860-1830			Yes		22821	Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Flin Flon Belt	Syme and Bailes (1993)	10.2113/gsecongeo.88.3.566	EG88_566	dominant polyphase calc-alkaline plutons in the Flin Flon belt

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