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Locality Name:
Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1458
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1188

mindat Locality ID: 279086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 56°19'47"N
Longitude: 62°5'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.329722222222,-62.095277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicBaddeleyiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteMilleriteNickeline
NonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteUllmanniteWurtzite
Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Hercynite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Matildite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Paolovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S145811881308812793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe14581188130881489
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6145811881308812060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO214581188130881238
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145811881308811966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4133413301308815516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb13341330130881175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1458118813088127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21334133013088127198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3145811881308811797
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S313341330130881802
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21330133013088162
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1458118813088124243
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O414581188130881407
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)13341330130881451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41458118813088114899
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe1330133013088123
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS214581188130881252
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe13301330130881114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS133413301308811066
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn1330133013088138
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8133413301308811512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21458118813088139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145811881308819056
Silver  (*)CopperAg145811881308815186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs213301330130881337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1458118813088121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413341330130881668
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb21330133013088175
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)1458118813088192
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS145811881308811044
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe21458118813088164
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)145811881308815251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_689Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG105_1057_015133013301330       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru25759Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaVoisey’s BayBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
L47_69-00016145811881323±135Re-Os high Z64054,Z64056,Z64058,Z64053,55,57,VB201/56.4 sulph    25759Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaVoisey’s Bay area, Labrador, CanadaLambert et al. (1999)10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00008-0L47_69 
Michelle_689133413321333±1 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu25759Voisey's Bay Ni-Co-Cu Deposit, Voisey´s Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaVoisey's BayHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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