Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 25767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baddeleyite Locality
McGill Field Station

Latitude: 79°26'29"N
Longitude: 90°44'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 79.441388888889,-90.733333333333

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.

Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel	Titanite	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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31399	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	31399	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	31399	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31400	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31399	27198
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	31400	107
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31400	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	31399	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31399	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31399	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	31399	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31399	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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