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Locality Name:
Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saskatchewan, Canada": 142
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 111

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Amisk Lake District
Athabasca Basin
Beaverlodge Lake Area
Buzzard Coulee Meteorite
Catherwood
Census Division 8
Ceylon Lake
Clover Leaf Mine
Cluff Lake Uranium Mine
Dominique-Peter Mine
Esterhazy
Fort à La Corne
Foster River
Glen Uranium Adit
Guernsey
Lac La Ronge
Lake Athabasca
Manito Lake
Muskiki Lake
Nisikkatch Lake
Nistowiack Lake
North Lngebright Lake
Pinky Fault Uranium Deposit
Rio Mine
Rocanville
Rottenstone Mine
Springwater
Star-Orion South Diamond Project
Swift Current
Tazin Lake
Unity
Waldsea Lake

Latitude: 53°26'54"N
Longitude: 106°34'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.448333333333,-106.5775

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 Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti Tl U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluminiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArcaniteArsenicArsenopyriteArtiniteAtacamiteBaryteBerylBlöditeBradleyiteBrannerite
BrochantiteCalciteCarnalliteCeriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDansiteDevillineDiamond
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFairchilditeFeldsparFleischeriteFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HarmotomeHexahydriteIronKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelonite
MicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNolaniteNoneNorthupiteNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePicromeritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineScapoliteScheelite
SepioliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphurSyngenite
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineUllmanniteVivianiteWurtziteZirconhauchecornite

257 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arcanite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Artinite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Athabascaite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Benstonite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Bischofite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutohauchecornite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Boltwoodite  (*)Bornhardtite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Bradleyite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Burkeite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Crookesite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Curite  (*)
D'ansite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Despujolsite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Eskebornite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)Fairchildite  (*)Farringtonite  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foggite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Freboldite  (*)Froodite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gaylussite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Görgeyite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Haiweeite  (*)Halite  (*)Hanksite  (*)Hannebachite  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Huntite  (*)
Hydroglauberite  (*)Hydrohalite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ikaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Inderborite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jolliffeite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kainite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)
Korshunovskite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Krausite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Lechatelierite  (*)Leightonite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesio-foitite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mercallite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Meta-aluminite  (*)
Metanováčekite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Mohrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Munakataite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Natron  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Niter  (*)Nitratine  (*)Nitrobarite  (*)Nolanite  (*)
Nordstrandite  (*)Northupite  (*)Oosterboschite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)
Oxy-schorl  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pirssonite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rapidcreekite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Ringwoodite  (*)
Rutherfordine  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Scarbroite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stanfieldite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Sudoite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Thorite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Trona  (*)Tychite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Wattevilleite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zemkorite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S25005411350432793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22500541335043,35129,351423419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)185018081935049,35068,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35091,35095,35097,35102,35104,35105,35146,35150,351598803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)135160706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)318141808235049,351292353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe235119,35120489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1351591627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO218501808235059,351022162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO525005411350411310
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)335117,35126,351631588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)218141808235060,351633092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O18501808235062,35088445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)181418081350491036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22500541235041,35159718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42500541135041246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)18500535089,35117,35157,35163,351803250
Arcanite  (*)ArcaniteK2(SO4)13516330
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2135159295
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(AsO4)2(OH)61814180813505310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS18501808235057,350679052
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O13516375
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32500541135040544
Athabascaite  (*)NoneCu5Se41850185013509418
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O618141808235049,351302060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22500541235041,351425509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18501850235094,3515911547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O1814180813505938
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O18501850235154,3516292
Benstonite  (*)NoneBa6Ca6Mg(CO3)1313516317
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)18501850635072,35083,35086,35094,35154,3516466
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O235163,3516742
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1351501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31351501935
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S8181418081350627
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O2.580335117,35163,35180130
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O1814180813505967
Bornhardtite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2Se41351645
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425005411535041,35046,35067,35068,35073,35074,35075,35090,35091,35094,35096,35097,35146,35150,351645516
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O2.58013518030
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)13516314
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O618501850135074248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62500541435040,35041,35062,351521633
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)2.580335117,35163,3518047
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2135121361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)250004235040,35041,35046,35051,35053,35059,35060,35065,35067,35068,35069,35070,35072,35073,35074,35075,35076,35077,35078,35079,35080,35081,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35100,35102,35103,35104,35105,35117,35142,35150,35157,35158,35159,35163,3516427770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O13515288
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O335126,35163,35167132
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O185018501350981184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18501300535046,35060,35091,35096,351425707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O18501850435072,35083,35086,3509240
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225005414635040,35041,35042,35043,35045,35046,35047,35050,35051,35053,35054,35057,35059,35060,35062,35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35075,35083,35084,35086,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101,35119,35120,35130,35134,35137,35138,35142,35144,35146,35150,35152,3516827198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl18141808135049203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4335128,35144,351683902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe185018501035067,35068,35072,35074,35075,35083,35086,35094,35119,35164281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)818501808435045,35047,35053,351021756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1351591025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS18501300535046,35050,35060,35067,35090966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O185013001535045,35046,35047,35051,35053,35054,35059,35060,35062,35067,35074,35091,35119,35120,35143566
Copper  (*)CopperCu2500541435040,35094,35142,351443846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182500541735041,35046,35060,35129,35130,35131,351681008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O318141808235049,350531797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S518501850135090344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25005411035041,35046,35060,35073,35074,35091,35096,35097,35152,351644165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)618141808235045,35053310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2135111453
Crookesite  (*)NoneCu7TlSe413516414
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32500541235041,35168802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22500541235041,35129327
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O1850185013508958
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O13514351
D'ansite  (*)DansiteNa21Mg(SO4)10Cl32.5801351805
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)22.58013515890
Despujolsite  (*)FleischeriteCa3Mn4+(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2.580235163,3518010
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2500541235040,35041366
Diamond  (*)DiamondC135128697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)2.580135158481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418141808535045,35053,35059,35060,35061651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S18501300435046,35074,35091,351641027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O618501850435095,35129,35159,351604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2185002535059,35067,35068,35069,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35088,35089,35090,35095,35100,35103,35104,35105,35117,35126,35157,35158,351809895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18141300535046,35051,35053,35060,35061648
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O2.58013518050
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6235111,35168944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)25005411035040,35041,35051,35068,35072,35074,35093,35142,35150,351598173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2.580335117,35163,35180484
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe218501850235072,3509426
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe18501850235072,3509454
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O13516332
Fairchildite  (*)FairchilditeK2Ca(CO3)213516310
Farringtonite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)21351707
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O613512984
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)618141808235045,3505373
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1351602740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF218501850235076,350959617
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2.5801351804
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)235168,351701188
Freboldite  (*)NickelineCoSe1351644
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21850185013509062
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42500541535041,35129,35133,35134,35137445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25005412835043,35046,35051,35053,35054,35057,35059,35060,35062,35068,35073,35074,35075,35084,35091,35095,35096,35100,35101,35119,35120,35130,35134,35137,35146,35150,35152,3516424243
Gaylussite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O2.580235163,3518057
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)22.580335117,35175,35180137
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS13001300135046131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)25000735041,35054,35060,35142,35143,35152,351587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu185018081735053,35067,35084,35087,35088,35090,35094,35097,35119,35121,35144,35146,35148,35150,35152,35165,3516830554
Görgeyite  (*)NoneK2Ca5(SO4)6·H2O13516311
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)618141808135045173
Graphite  (*)NoneC185013001735046,35049,35051,35053,35054,35055,35060,35066,35070,35073,35095,35105,35106,35129,35130,35131,351682812
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se31850185013509037
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2.580535117,35159,35163,35174,351806890
Haiweeite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O1814180813504515
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2.580835117,35126,35127,35140,35163,35167,35179,351801398
Hanksite  (*)NoneKNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl2.580235163,3518012
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O2.58013518012
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O135159290
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6135129741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325005414435041,35043,35045,35046,35053,35054,35059,35060,35062,35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35083,35086,35087,35088,35089,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101,35102,35104,35105,35119,35120,35144,35146,35150,35159,3516414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4135130407
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2.580235117,35180251
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)42.58013515869
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O13511716
Hydrohalite  (*)NoneNaCl·2H2O2.58013518017
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2.580235157,35180341
Ikaite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·6H2O2.58013515712
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32500541635041,35058,35074,35075,35091,351345433
Inderborite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O1351634
Iron  (*)IronFe235116,351701089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62.580235152,351582228
Jolliffeite  (*)UllmanniteNiAsSe185018501350673
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS213001300235046,35119102
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O13516350
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)418500935045,35047,35051,35053,35059,35060,35061,35091,351585591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O18501850335077,35089,35143198
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O13511780
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se618501850535072,35083,35086,35094,3516463
Korshunovskite  (*)NoneMg2Cl(OH)3·4H2O1351633
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)135168116
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O13516321
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2135163234
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4181418081350491507
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO21850185013515462
Leightonite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O1351639
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4135164249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218501850135067762
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)18141808435045,35051,35053,3505922
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)18140335059,35163,351801487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425005412035040,35041,35042,35043,35050,35073,35128,35129,35130,35131,35132,35133,35134,35137,35142,35143,35144,35146,35159,3516814899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)313511324
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22500541735040,35041,35072,35089,35092,35142,3515212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22500541935041,35046,35051,35059,35060,35075,35119,35129,351445674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl135159139
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As818141808135051161
Mercallite  (*)NoneKH(SO4)1351633
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7135170230
Meta-aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·5H2O2.5801351806
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1814180813506226
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O18501850135089182
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe135168114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)535135,35136,35143,35150,351594924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS18141808335051,35062,351441066
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O2.580335117,35163,35180223
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O2.58013518018
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS218141808535051,35053,35119,35120,351465800
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O318501850335063,35072,3509215
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O2.580235117,3515755
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O181418081350591508
Munakataite  (*)LinaritePb2Cu2(Se4+O3)(SO4)(OH)41850185013507222
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2185002135045,35046,35047,35049,35051,35053,35054,35060,35061,35079,35091,35093,35094,35104,35105,35106,35129,35143,35146,35150,3515817380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)13511778
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O13511751
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18501300735046,35051,35054,35059,35060,35062,35090633
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)135163181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)13516391
Nitrobarite  (*)NoneBa(NO3)21351633
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)218501850435074,35075,35090,3509819
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)32.58013515864
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl2.58013518031
Oosterboschite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)7Se5185018501350905
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)185018501350912349
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O1814180813505324
Oxy-schorl  (*)TourmalineNa(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O181418081350539
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18501300735046,35051,35054,35060,35062,35067,35120767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21814180813505452
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)218141808135049313
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O13511732
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S818501808535050,35051,35083,35144,351681512
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)213516046
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2181418081350492273
Pirssonite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)2·2H2O13511719
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O135163102
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2500541135041309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250005735040,35041,35042,35043,35045,35046,35047,35050,35051,35052,35053,35054,35057,35058,35059,35060,35062,35067,35068,35072,35073,35074,35075,35079,35080,35083,35084,35086,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35098,35100,35101,35104,35106,35119,35120,35130,35131,35133,35134,35136,35137,35138,35142,35144,35146,35150,35152,35159,35163,3518039462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)318141808135049341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825005412135040,35041,35042,35043,35050,35051,35057,35059,35084,35119,35130,35134,35135,35136,35137,35138,35142,35144,35146,35150,351689056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250005135041,35045,35049,35051,35052,35053,35058,35059,35060,35067,35068,35069,35070,35073,35074,35076,35078,35079,35080,35081,35083,35084,35086,35087,35088,35089,35091,35093,35094,35095,35097,35100,35102,35103,35104,35107,35130,35131,35132,35133,35134,35135,35136,35137,35143,35146,35148,35150,35158,35159,3516461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs218501300435046,35051,35058,35090233
Rapidcreekite  (*)NoneCa2(SO4)(CO3)·4H2O13516310
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O1814180813505155
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O2.58013518053
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O413511325
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)18501808335060,35062,3507758
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO218501808635049,35053,35060,35079,35134,351465614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]18141808135049129
Scarbroite  (*)NoneAl5(CO3)(OH)13·5H2O2.5801351589
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1351464894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)181418081350532705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P135170374
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe235119,35164143
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O135163241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)18141300735046,35051,35053,35054,35060,35159,351686417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S418501850135090249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO518141300835046,35049,35060,35129,35130,35131,35134,351371516
Silver  (*)CopperAg18501850535067,35088,35090,35094,351445186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O18141808235059,3506256
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs318141808135060531
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2135168337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25005412835040,35041,35042,35043,35046,35051,35054,35060,35062,35074,35075,35084,35096,35101,35119,35120,35130,35131,35132,35133,35134,35135,35136,35137,35146,35150,35152,3516821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4181418081350491934
Stanfieldite  (*)NoneCa4Mg5(PO4)613517014
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O13516379
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2500541135041978
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb21850185013509075
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)818141300635045,35046,35047,35053,35060,3506151
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)618141808235045,35053105
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl335126,35127,35167275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O2.58013518044
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)235116,35170703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2181418081350593337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe18141808135053190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132500541235041,350435317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2.580335117,35163,35180299
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1351591006
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe18501850235067,3509083
Tin  (*)NoneSn1850185013509663
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O18501808835049,35051,35058,35091,35093,35142,35159,351604899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21351592562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1351701044
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O135117129
Tychite  (*)NorthupiteNa6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)1351636
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se418501850435072,35086,35092,3509417
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O18501850135154628
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18501850135090293
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4135128120
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se218501850735072,35083,35086,35092,35094,35155,3516471
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2185013004735045,35046,35047,35051,35053,35054,35055,35057,35058,35059,35060,35065,35066,35067,35068,35069,35070,35072,35073,35074,35075,35077,35079,35080,35081,35083,35088,35089,35090,35091,35093,35094,35095,35096,35097,35100,35101,35102,35103,35104,35106,35107,35119,35120,35143,35146,351642718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O185018081135045,35053,35059,35060,35062,35069,35073,35077,35089,35091,35143890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O1850185013508394
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS218141808135060106
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O18141808135059652
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4235144,35168380
Wattevilleite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2·4H2O (?)13516310
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6135170104
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61814180813504562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4181418081350591655
Zemkorite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(CO3)21351635
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)18141808635049,35053,35058,35060,35129,351595251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1351431025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_518Muskiki Lake is one of the many saline and hypersaline lakes of the Great Plains of Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota and Montana. Post glacial sediments control the formation of these lakes.


8 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
EG111_1021_0001191018001910-1800U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaAmisk Lake district, Flin FlonWhalen (2016) EG111_1021 
vms-003682500541Proterozoic        10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaCoronationMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0036918001800Proterozoic       S195453Flexar Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaFlexarMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Kristen002522181418081811±3  zircon   Zircon  47600Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaAthabasca Round-Basin AreaTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 
DeepDive-Co-0022130013001300        10092Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaCigar Lake uranium depositLiu et al. (1996)10.1016/0169-7722(95)00029-1JCH21_19 
Giersdorf_00000822130013001300      Coffinite, Uraninite 10092Cigar Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, CanadaCigar LakePearcy et al. (1994)10.1016/0883-2927(94)90030-2AG9_713Age is given in comparison to the Nopal deposit due to its similarity as a natural analogue to nuclear waste disposal systems
Hg-0008618501850       TiemanniteHg29182Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)   
Michelle_5182.580QuaternaryStratigraphyAge of regional saline lakes      241493Muskiki Lake, Saskatchewan, CanadaMuskiki LakeLast and Schweyen (1983) H105_245Quaternary sediments controlled development of regional saline lakes.


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060481Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se Occurrence (Hal Lake Occurrence), Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060481
R070019Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070019
R130127Springwater Meteorite, Springwater, Saskatchewan, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130127


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