Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rix-Athabasca Uranium Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 266729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rix-Athabasca Uranium Mines, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Leonard Mine
Smitty Mine

Latitude: 59°33'28"N
Longitude: 108°40'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.557777777778,-108.67583333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	1	35100	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	2	35100,35101	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1850	1850	1	35100	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1850	1850	2	35100,35101	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	2	35100,35101	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	2	35100,35101	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	1	35100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1850	1850	1	35101	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	2	35100,35101	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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