Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ceylon Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 300199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300199.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 49°27'31"N
Longitude: 104°36'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.458611111111,-104.60611111111

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.

Aragonite	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	None	Not in a structural group
Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*
Nahcolite ()*	Natron ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Thénardite ()*
Trona ()*

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: C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kieserite None Not in a structural group
Rocksalt

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	16
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	55
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	78
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	51
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	32
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	19
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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