Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zimmer Lake Area, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 247387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zimmer Lake Area, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 57°9'27"N
Longitude: 105°44'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.1575,-105.7475

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite
Zircon	hauchecornite

Annabergite ()*	Bismutohauchecornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Metanováčekite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Sklodowskite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Corundum Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite
Zircon hauchecornite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1814	1808	445
Bismutohauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Bi₂S₈	1814	1808	7
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1814	1808	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1814	1808	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1814	1808	566
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1814	1808	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1814	1808	14640
Metanováčekite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1814	1808	26
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1814	1808	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1814	1808	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1814	1808	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1814	1808	39462
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1814	1808	58
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1814	1808	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1814	1808	21482
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1814	1808	890

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
	Kristen002522	1814	1808	1811±3				zircon			Yes	Zircon			47600	Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada	Athabasca Round-Basin Area	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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