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Locality Name:
Roughrider Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1814
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1808

mindat Locality ID: 305846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roughrider Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°20'20"N
Longitude: 104°2'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.338888888889,-104.03861111111

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dravite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutherfordine ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vaesite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Tourmaline Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1814	1808	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1814	1808	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1814	1808	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1814	1808	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1814	1808	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1814	1808	566
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1814	1808	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1814	1808	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1814	1808	651
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1814	1808	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1814	1808	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1814	1808	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1814	1808	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1814	1808	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1814	1808	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1814	1808	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1814	1808	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1814	1808	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1814	1808	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1814	1808	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1814	1808	61156
Rutherfordine ()*	None	(UO₂)(CO₃)	1814	1808	58
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1814	1808	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1814	1808	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1814	1808	1516
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1814	1808	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1814	1808	21482
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1814	1808	51
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1814	1808	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1814	1808	890
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1814	1808	106
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1814	1808	5251

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
	Kristen002522	1814	1808	1811±3				zircon			Yes	Zircon			47600	Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada	Athabasca Round-Basin Area	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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