Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 271207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°27'46"N
Longitude: 108°33'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.462777777778,-108.55222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

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: Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Berzelianite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Hematite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tyrrellite ()*	Umangite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1850	1850	66
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1850	1850	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1850	1850	281
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1850	1850	63
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	61156
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	1850	1850	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1850	1850	71

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
R070019	Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070019

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