Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 264483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baker Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Christopher Island
Kiggavik Project
Martel Lake
Meadowbank Gold Mine

Latitude: 64°18'18"N
Longitude: 95°56'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.305,-95.945833333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Wölsendorfite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Athabascaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Boltwoodite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eucairite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iriginite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdomenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sudoite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Umangite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wölsendorfite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Wölsendorfite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	31477	9052
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	1	31474	18
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	31475,31476	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	31474	66
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	2	31474,31476	67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31475	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31477	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	31474	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	31475	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	31475	566
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31477	327
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	31476	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	31475	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	31475	8173
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1	31474	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31475	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	31474,31477	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31477	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31475	14640
Iriginite ()*	None	(UO₂)Mo⁶⁺₂O₇·3H₂O	1	31476	15
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	31474	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	31475,31477	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	31474,31476	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31475	4924
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	1	31474	15
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31475	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	31476	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	31475,31477	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31477	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	31475,31476	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	31476	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	31475	5614
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	31477	456
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	31475	51
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	31476	5317
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1	31474	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	31475,31476	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	31475	890
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	31474	43
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31475	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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