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Locality Name:
Cluff Lake Uranium Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 29648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cluff Lake Uranium Mine, Saskatchewan, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Claude Orebody
D Orebody
Dominique-Peter Orebody
N-R-F Orebody
OP Orebody

Latitude: 58°23'29"N
Longitude: 109°30'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.391388888889,-109.51638888889
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: As Au Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Se Si Te U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mo Pb S Se 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteMeloniteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe135120489
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2135121361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213512027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O135120566
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13512024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13512130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313512014640
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS20102
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21351205800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS135120767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213512039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13512021482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21351202718


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