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Locality Name:
Ruttan Lake, Rusty Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 243584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruttan Lake, Rusty Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ruttan Mine

Latitude: 56°28'30"N
Longitude: 99°38'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.475,-99.637222222222

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2180018001305573419
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)180018001305571588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2180018001305573092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180018001305579052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1800180013055727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21800180013055727198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18180018001305571008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S318001800130557802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2180018001305579895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1800180013055724243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3180018001305575433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41800180013055714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21800180013055717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21800180013055739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8180018001305579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21800180013055761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2180018001305575614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)180018001305576417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1800180013055721482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)18001800130557978
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2180018001305572562



1 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
vms-0013518001800Proterozoic       S19966Ruttan Mine, Ruttan Lake, Rusty Lake District, Manitoba, CanadaRuttanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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