Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 776
Youngest recorded age at locality: 622

mindat Locality ID: 278272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Coates Lake Deposit

Latitude: 62°41'30"N
Longitude: 126°39'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.691666666667,-126.66527777778

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	Covellite	Digenite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Digenite Feldspar Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

16 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	1	31077	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	776	622	1	31077	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	750	750	1	31077	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	776	622	1	31077	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	750	750	1	31077	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	750	750	1	31077	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	750	750	1	31077	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	750	750	1	31077	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	776	622	1	31077	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	776	622	1	31077	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	776	622	1	31077	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	750	750	1	31077	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	1	31077	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	776	622	1	31077	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	776	622	1	31077	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	776	622	1	31077	61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
MT2015_Milton_0001	648	622	635 ± 13	U-Pb	alteration	monazite			68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake Deposit	Milton (2015)	MT2015_Milton
MT2015_Milton_0002	776	774	775 ± 1	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon		68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake Deposit	Milton (2015)	MT2015_Milton
sedcu-00104	750	750	U. Proterozoic					Cu	68115	Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Coates Lake	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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