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Locality Name:
Gunnar Mine (Gunnar Deposit), Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 249252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gunnar Mine (Gunnar Deposit), Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°23'12"N
Longitude: 108°52'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.386666666667,-108.88194444444

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1850185008803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850185005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18501850027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1850185005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O185018500566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1850185004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1850185001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18501850024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318501850014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31850185005433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41850185005591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218501850017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1850185002349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218501850061156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1850185004899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21850185002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O185018500890



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
Hg-0008618501850      YesTiemanniteHg29182Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)   


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