Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1860
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1395

mindat Locality ID: 515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-515.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Contact Lake
Contact Lake Mine (B.E.A.R. Deposit)
Dowdell Point
Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft)
El Bonanza Mine
Eldorado Mine

Latitude: 66°2'45"N
Longitude: 117°58'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.045833333333,-117.97611111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote
Fluorite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Johannite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Schoepite
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Wölsendorfite
Zippeite

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote
Fluorite Gypsum Jalpaite Johannite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Schoepite
Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Wölsendorfite
Zippeite

83 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Breithauptite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*
Curite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*
Guanajuatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Johannite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesiozippeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pearceite ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rösslerite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Wölsendorfite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1860	1395	5	31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1860	1500	1	31063	3419
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	41
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1650	1450	1	31069	445
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1650	1395	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1860	1395	4	31063,31064,31067,31070	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1650	1395	0		143
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1860	1500	1	31064	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1650	1395	0		11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1510	1395	0		92
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1860	1395	4	31064,31067,31069,31070	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1860	1395	2	31064,31067	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1650	1395	0		716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1860	1395	5	31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	5516
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1860	1395	2	31064,31067	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1860	1500	3	31063,31066,31068	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1650	1395	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1860	1395	7	31063,31064,31066,31067,31068,31069,31070	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	162
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1650	1395	0		3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1860	1395	5	31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1860	1395	2	31067,31070	802
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1510	1395	0		58
Curite ()*	None	Pb_3+x[(UO₂)₄O_4+x(OH)_3-x]₂·2H₂O	1510	1395	0		51
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1860	1395	2	31063,31067	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1860	1500	1	31063	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1860	1450	3	31064,31066,31070	814
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1860	1500	1	31068	9617
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1510	1395	0		61
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1860	1395	2	31067,31070	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1860	1395	4	31064,31067,31069,31070	131
Guanajuatite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂Se₃	1650	1450	1	31069	37
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1860	1395	6	31063,31064,31066,31067,31069,31070	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1860	1450	2	31064,31070	804
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1650	1395	0		111
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1860	1395	2	31067,31070	116
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1510	1395	0		69
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	1510	1395	0		78
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	762
Magnesiozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Mg(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O	0	0	0		14
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1860	1395	6	31063,31064,31066,31067,31069,31070	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1860	1500	2	31064,31068	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1650	1395	0		5674
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄	1510	1395	1	31067	51
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1650	1395	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1860	1395	3	31067,31069,31070	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1860	1500	1	31066	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1860	1395	5	31064,31067,31068,31069,31070	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1860	1450	1	31070	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1860	1395	4	31064,31067,31069,31070	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1860	1395	2	31064,31067	249
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1650	1395	0		105
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1650	1395	0		716
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1860	1395	3	31067,31069,31070	131
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1650	1395	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1650	1395	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1860	1395	5	31063,31064,31067,31069,31070	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1860	1395	2	31067,31070	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1650	1395	0		1725
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1860	1500	1	31068	38
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	1860	1500	1	31068	25
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1650	1395	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1860	1395	6	31063,31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1860	1395	4	31064,31067,31069,31070	233
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1650	1395	0		712
Rösslerite ()*	None	Mg(AsO₃OH)·7H₂O	1650	1395	0		16
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1860	1395	4	31064,31067,31069,31070	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1860	1395	5	31064,31066,31067,31068,31069	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1860	1395	3	31067,31069,31070	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1860	1395	6	31063,31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1860	1500	1	31063	1934
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1860	1395	3	31064,31067,31070	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1860	1500	1	31063	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1860	1395	5	31064,31066,31067,31068,31070	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1860	1450	4	31064,31068,31069,31070	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1510	1395	0		890
Wölsendorfite ()*	Wölsendorfite	Pb₇(UO₂)₁₄O₁₉(OH)₄·12H₂O	1510	1395	0		43
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1510	1395	0		185
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	1510	1395	0		175

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Emily000259	1860	1860		age of Great Bear batholith	Yes		518	Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Great Bear Batholith	Kissin (1993)		GC19_113	age of Great Bear batholith
Emily000260	1500	1500		age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith	Yes		518	Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Great Bear Batholith	Kissin (1993)		GC19_113	age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith
Kristen002129	1510	1395	1500 (10) to 1424 (29)	mineralization age of uranium ore		U	516	Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Echo Bay Mine	Miller (1982)		CJES19_1428
Kristen002128	1650	1450		age of pitchblende-Co, Ni aresenide-silver-Fe, Cu, Ag, Bi, Zn, Pb sulfide mineralization			519	Eldorado Mine, Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	Eldorado Mine	Robinson and Morton (1971)	10.1139/e72-013	CJES9_158

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070578	Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070578

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