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Locality Name:
Waldsea Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.58
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 298283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldsea Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°16'28"N
Longitude: 105°12'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.274444444444,-105.20166666667
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: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteAragoniteBlöditeCalciteDansiteEpsomiteFleischeriteGypsumHexahydriteNone
NorthupiteNot in a structural groupPicromeritePyriteRocksaltSyngenite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Blödite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Burkeite  (*)D'ansite  (*)
Despujolsite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Foggite  (*)
Gaylussite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hanksite  (*)
Hannebachite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrohalite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Meta-aluminite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Mohrite  (*)Northupite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rhomboclase  (*)Syngenite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2.58003250
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O2.5800130
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O2.580030
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)2.580047
D'ansite  (*)DansiteNa21Mg(SO4)10Cl32.58005
Despujolsite  (*)FleischeriteCa3Mn4+(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2.580010
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22.58009895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O2.580050
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2.5800484
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2.58004
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O2.580057
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)22.5800137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2.58006890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2.58001398
Hanksite  (*)NoneKNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl2.580012
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O2.580012
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2.5800251
Hydrohalite  (*)NoneNaCl·2H2O2.580017
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2.5800341
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2.58001487
Meta-aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·5H2O2.58006
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O2.5800223
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O2.580018
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl2.580031
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22.580039462
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O2.580053
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O2.580044
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2.5800299


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_518Muskiki Lake is one of the many saline and hypersaline lakes of the Great Plains of Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota and Montana. Post glacial sediments control the formation of these lakes.


1 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
Michelle_5182.580QuaternaryStratigraphyAge of regional saline lakes   Yes  241493Muskiki Lake, Saskatchewan, CanadaMuskiki LakeLast and Schweyen (1983) H105_245Quaternary sediments controlled development of regional saline lakes.

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