Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92
Youngest recorded age at locality: 88

mindat Locality ID: 34712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cantung Mine
Lened Property
Little Nahanni River

Latitude: 62°10'40"N
Longitude: 128°33'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.177777777778,-128.56638888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Cubanite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Talc
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wagnerite	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Cubanite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Staurolite Stibnite Stilbite Talc
Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wagnerite Wurtzite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Barrerite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hessite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	1	31115	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	92	88	1	31117	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	92	88	1	31117	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	91.4	91.4	1	31115	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	91.4	91.4	1	31115	708
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	91.4	91.4	1	31115	23
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	92	88	2	31116,31117	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	91.4	91.4	1	31115	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	91.4	91.4	1	31115	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	91.4	91.4	1	31115	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	92	88	3	31115,31116,31117	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	92	88	1	31117	5171
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	92	88	1	31117	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	91.4	91.4	2	31115,31116	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	92	88	1	31117	376
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	92	88	1	31117	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	91.4	91.4	1	31115	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	91.4	91.4	1	31115	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	91.4	91.4	1	31115	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	91.4	91.4	1	31115	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	92	88	2	31116,31117	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	91.4	91.4	1	31115	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	92	88	1	31117	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	92	88	2	31115,31117	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	92	88	1	31117	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	91.4	91.4	1	31115	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	91.4	91.4	1	31115	741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	92	88	1	31117	237
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	91.4	91.4	1	31115	804
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	92	88	1	31117	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	92	88	1	31117	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	92	88	1	31117	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	92	88	1	31117	1271
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	92	88	1	31117	155
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	91.4	91.4	1	31115	5674
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	92	88	1	31117	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	92	88	3	31115,31116,31117	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	92	88	1	31117	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	92	88	3	31115,31116,31117	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	92	88	3	31115,31116,31117	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	92	88	3	31115,31116,31117	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	92	88	1	31117	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	91.4	91.4	2	31115,31116	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	92	88	1	31117	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	92	88	2	31115,31117	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	92	88	1	31117	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	92	88	1	31117	978
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	92	88	1	31117	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	92	88	1	31117	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	1	31115	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	92	88	2	31115,31117	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	1	31115	2562
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	92	88	1	31117	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	92	88	1	31117	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	31116	1395
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	92	88	1	31117	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	92	88	1	31117	5251

2 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
	Jen_0001466	91.4	91.4	91.4		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			9583	Cantung Mine, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada	Cantung	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
	Bradley_2012_142	92	88	90±2	U/Pb			apatite							34711	Little Nahanni River, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada	Little Nahanni	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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