Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferguson Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 302647
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302647.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferguson Lake, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°52'34"N
Longitude: 96°54'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.876111111111,-96.916111111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Froodite ()*	Gold ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	62
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	114
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	44
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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