Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Bay Uranium Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 266307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Bay Uranium Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fish Hook Bay Property

Latitude: 59°28'5"N
Longitude: 108°24'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.468055555556,-108.41111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Löllingite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jolliffeite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Fluorite Löllingite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Ullmannite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1850	1850	1	35067	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	1	35067	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	1	35067	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	1	35067	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1850	1850	1	35067	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1850	1850	1	35067	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1850	1850	1	35067	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	1	35067	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	1	35067	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1850	1850	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	1	35067	14640
Jolliffeite ()*	Ullmannite	NiAsSe	1850	1850	1	35067	3
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1850	1850	1	35067	762
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1850	1850	1	35067	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	1	35067	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	1	35067	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1850	1850	1	35067	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1850	1850	1	35067	83
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	1	35067	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00086	1850	1850								Yes		Tiemannite	Hg	29182	Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada		Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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