Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kiggavik Project, Baker Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 257776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kiggavik Project, Baker Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°21'31"N
Longitude: 97°39'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.358611111111,-97.657222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sudoite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	51
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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