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Locality Name:
Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 264480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baker Lake
Ferguson Lake
Kiggavik Area
Kudlulik Peninsula
Mallery Lake
Nueltin Lake Project

Latitude: 64°2'16"N
Longitude: 95°40'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.037777777778,-95.670277777778

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Ti U W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumDiamondDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMelonite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSpinelStillwateriteStilpnomelaneTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteWölsendorfiteZircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Athabascaite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diamond  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eucairite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iriginite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sobolevskite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Sudoite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21314893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)231487,314898803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe131489489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS231477,314899052
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se413147418
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)331475,31476,3148711547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)13147466
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O231474,3147667
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2131489361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)431475,31478,31481,3148727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2331477,31478,3148927198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe131474281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81314751756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS131489966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S813148982
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O331475,31481,31489566
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2131477327
Diamond  (*)DiamondC131485697
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1314761027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61314894135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21314759895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)231475,314788173
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe13147454
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2231487,314899617
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi213147862
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS231475,3148924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu531474,31477,31478,31487,3148930554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2131477223
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6131489741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3431475,31479,31481,3148714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3231487,314895433
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O13147615
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41314875591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O131474198
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)131478116
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2131489762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4431475,31477,31478,3148914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2231474,3147612537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2131489207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2131478155
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.513147844
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe131478114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1314754924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21314895800
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O313147415
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2331475,31479,3148717380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8231478,314891512
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)131476494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2431475,31477,31478,3148939462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3131487244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8331477,31478,314899056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2531475,31476,31478,31481,3148761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1314761711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2231475,314875614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)131487598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1314894894
Silver  (*)CopperAg231487,314895186
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi13147844
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2131478337
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As313147824
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O131477456
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)8231475,3147951
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3131489276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131314765317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1314894899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1314811059
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se213147471
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2431475,31476,31481,314892718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O131475890
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O13147443
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)131489939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)231475,314875251



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