Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 24893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beluga Sapphire Property
Soper River

Latitude: 62°50'45"N
Longitude: 69°53'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.845833333333,-69.886666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Sodalite	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Afghanite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Lazurite ()*	Meionite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Mica
Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite Sodalite Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	0		25
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31412	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31412	27770
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	31412	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	31412	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	31412	2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	0		158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	0		37
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	31412	176
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31412	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	31412	884
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	1	31412	24
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31413	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	31412	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	31412	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	31412	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	31412	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	31412	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31412	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050321	Soper River, Kimmirut (Lake Harbour), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050321

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