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Locality Name:
Centennial Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1814
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1808

mindat Locality ID: 243955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Centennial Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°34'59"N
Longitude: 107°36'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.583055555556,-107.6
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 B Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzTourmalineZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Goyazite  (*)Haiweeite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218141808027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81814180801756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O181418080566
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6181418080310
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4181418080651
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)618141808073
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6181418080173
Haiweeite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O18141808015
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318141808014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41814180805591
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18141808022
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218141808017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218141808039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218141808061156
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)818141808051
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6181418080105
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21814180802718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O181418080890
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)618141808062


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
Kristen002522181418081811±3  zircon  YesZircon  47600Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaAthabasca Round-Basin AreaTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

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