Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 264492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bathurst Inlet
High Lake Prospect
Ida Bay Silver Deposit
Pelly Bay
Roberts Bay
Victoria Island

Latitude: 66°36'48"N
Longitude: 102°43'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.613333333333,-102.72222222222

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.

Alunite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Lazulite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diopside ()*	Elbaite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorzalite ()*	Silver ()*	Spodumene ()*	Triphylite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Beryl Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Lazulite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31453	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	31453	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	31453	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31467	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	31457,31459,31460	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	31457,31459,31460	4135
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	31453	520
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	31457,31459,31460	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31454	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31454	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	31457,31459,31460	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	31454	2228
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	31453	232
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	31453	210
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31453	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	31453	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31453	17380
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	31457,31459,31460	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	31452,31453,31454	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	31453	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	31453	60
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	31467	5186
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	31453	688
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	31453	313

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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