Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1458
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1188

mindat Locality ID: 25759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°19'47"N
Longitude: 62°5'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.329722222222,-62.095277777778

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cubanite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Hercynite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maslovite ()*	Matildite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*
Paolovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stützite ()*
Troilite ()*	Volynskite ()*	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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Ullmannite Wurtzite
Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1458	1188	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1458	1188	489
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1458	1188	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1458	1188	238
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1458	1188	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1334	1330	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1334	1330	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1458	1188	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1334	1330	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1458	1188	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1334	1330	802
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	1330	1330	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1458	1188	24243
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1458	1188	407
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1334	1330	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1458	1188	14899
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	1330	1330	23
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1458	1188	252
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1330	1330	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1334	1330	1066
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn	1330	1330	38
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1334	1330	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1458	1188	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1458	1188	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1458	1188	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1330	1330	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1458	1188	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1334	1330	668
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1330	1330	75
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1458	1188	92
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1458	1188	1044
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1458	1188	64
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1458	1188	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_689	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG105_1057_015	1330	1330	1330					Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	25759	Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Voisey’s Bay	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
L47_69-00016	1458	1188	1323±135	Re-Os		high	Z64054,Z64056,Z64058,Z64053,55,57,VB201/56.4 sulph		25759	Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Voisey’s Bay area, Labrador, Canada	Lambert et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00008-0	L47_69
Michelle_689	1334	1332	1333±1		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	25759	Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Voisey's Bay	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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