Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1274
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1266

mindat Locality ID: 286358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coppermine River Project
Muskox Intrusion

Latitude: 67°12'30"N
Longitude: 114°53'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.208333333333,-114.88333333333

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.

Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar
Hydrotalcite	Iron	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Tochilinite	Valleriite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*
Cabriite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Coalingite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muskoxite ()*	Nickel ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Wairauite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O Pd S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar
Hydrotalcite Iron Malachite Nickeline None Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite
Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Tochilinite Valleriite Wollastonite Wurtzite

35 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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1274	1266	1	31434	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	1274	1266	1	31434	39
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1274	1266	1	31434	166
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1274	1266	1	31434	238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1274	1266	0		5516
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn	1274	1266	1	31434	12
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1274	1266	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1274	1266	2	31433,31434	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1274	1266	1	31434	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1274	1266	1	31434	3902
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	1274	1266	1	31434	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1274	1266	1	31434	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1274	1266	1	31434	802
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1274	1266	1	31434	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1274	1266	1	31434	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1274	1266	1	31434	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1274	1266	1	31434	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1274	1266	1	31434	1089
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1274	1266	1	31434	148
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1274	1266	1	31434	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1274	1266	1	31434	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1274	1266	1	31434	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	31433	12537
Muskoxite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₇Fe³⁺₄(OH)₂₆·H₂O (?)	1274	1266	1	31434	1
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1274	1266	1	31434	57
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1274	1266	1	31434	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1274	1266	1	31434	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1274	1266	0		1898
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1274	1266	1	31434	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1274	1266	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1274	1266	1	31434	5614
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1274	1266	1	31434	56
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1274	1266	1	31434	237
Wairauite ()*	Iron	CoFe	1274	1266	1	31434	16
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1274	1266	0		1247

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
	EPSL96_38_Muskox0001	1274	1266	1270±4	U-Pb	intrusion age		baddeleyite, zircon							17369	Muskox Intrusion, Coppermine River Area, Nunavut, Canada	Muskox intrusion	LeCheminant and Heaman (1989)	10.1016/0012-821X(89)90122-2	EPSL96_38

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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