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Locality Name:
Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), 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: 516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-516.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°6'1"N
Longitude: 117°59'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.100277777778,-117.99555555556
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: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
JalpaiteLöllingiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hematite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1510139502793
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)15101395041
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1510139509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1510139501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31510139501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41510139505516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb151013950175
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1510139505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215101395027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2151013950162
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS151013950966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1510139504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3151013950802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21510139509895
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4151013950163
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12151013950663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15101395024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS151013950131
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315101395014640
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2151013950116
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2151013950762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415101395014899
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S415101395051
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21510139505800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs151013950633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS151013950767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]151013950249
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4151013950131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215101395039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21510139503106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215101395061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2151013950233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2151013950317
Silver  (*)CopperAg1510139505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3151013950531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15101395021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS151013950332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131510139505317


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
Emily00025918601860  age of Great Bear batholith   Yes  518Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaGreat Bear BatholithKissin (1993) GC19_113age of Great Bear batholith
Emily00026015001500  age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith   Yes  518Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaGreat Bear BatholithKissin (1993) GC19_113age of oreveins at Great Bear batholith
Kristen002129151013951500 (10) to 1424 (29) mineralization age of uranium ore     U516Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaEcho Bay MineMiller (1982) CJES19_1428 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070578Echo Bay Mine (Cross Fault Shaft), Port Radium District, Great Bear Lake, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070578

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