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Locality Name:
Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Area 14 Mine
Main Level

Latitude: 73°0'45"N
Longitude: 84°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 73.0125,-84.5
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 Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCovelliteDiaspore
GypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteKieseriteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurTridymiteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bianchite  (*)Boyleite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ice  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zincocopiapite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1100110002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21100110003092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11001100011547
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O11001100040
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O11001100023
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11001100027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1100110001252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O110011000925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211001100027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O110011000382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1100110004165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21100110009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11001100024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1100110007437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS110011000717
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O11001100048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O160010001314196890
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O110011000251
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O11001100059
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61100110002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41100110005591
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4110011000249
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21100110005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O110011000915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21600100013142139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81100110009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211001100061156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O110011000293
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4110011000249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1600100013142121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1100110002045
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS110011000372
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O11001100011


3 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
GSAAP25_471_0001110011001100Rb-Srmineralizationhighsphalerite   Sphalerite  514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivik, CanadaChristensen (1993) GSAAP25_471 
sedexmvt-00071110510851095±10 Ma (paleomagnetism); 461±2 Ma (Ar-Ar)paleomag       514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivikTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-0011616001000Mesoproterozoic?        514Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut, CanadaNanisivikSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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