Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Outpost Island, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 273127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Outpost Island, Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Outpost Island Mine
Philmore Mine

Latitude: 61°44'8"N
Longitude: 113°27'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.735555555556,-113.45888888889

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.

Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel

Andalusite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	31027	1310
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	31025	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	31025	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31025	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	31026,31027	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	31025	4165
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	31025	551
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	31025	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31025	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31025	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	31025	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31025	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	31026,31027	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	31025	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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