Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eastern Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 243374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Century Deposit
Ding Howe Property
Elbow Lake Property (Gunwor Claims)
Gold Rock Deposit
Norris Lake Deposit
Rail Lake Deposit
Reed Lake Deposit

Latitude: 54°40'12"N
Longitude: 100°26'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.67,-100.44555555556

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	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	30282,30283,30284	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	30282	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	30282,30284	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30282	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	30282,30283,30284	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	30282,30283,30284	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	30283,30284	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00126	1800	1800	Lower Proterozoic	S	243379	Norris Lake Deposit, Eastern Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Norris Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00132	1800	1800	Proterozoic	S	243377	Rail Lake Deposit, Eastern Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Rail Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00133	1800	1800	Proterozoic	S	243376	Reed Lake Deposit, Eastern Flin Flon District, Manitoba, Canada	Reed Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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