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Locality Name:
Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Athona Mine
Beaverlodge Lake
Box Mine
Consolidated Nicholson Mines

Latitude: 59°27'22"N
Longitude: 108°29'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.456111111111,-108.49916666667
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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H Ni O S U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteFluoriteLöllingiteMalachite
NickelineNolaniteNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
UllmanniteVivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Guanajuatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nolanite  (*)Oosterboschite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O18501850135088445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)185018501350893250
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)1850185013508666
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4185018501350905516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1850185013509027770
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O1850185013508640
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850335084,35086,3509027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe18501850135086281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS18501850135090966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S518501850135090344
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O1850185013508958
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)218501850335088,35089,350909895
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21850185013509062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1850185013508424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu18501850435084,35087,35088,3509030554
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se31850185013509037
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318501850535086,35087,35088,35089,3509014640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O18501850135089198
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se61850185013508663
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21850185013508912537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O18501850135089182
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18501850135090633
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)21850185013509019
Oosterboschite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)7Se5185018501350905
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81850185001512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850335084,35086,3509039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8185018501350849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218501850535084,35086,35087,35088,3508961156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs218501850135090233
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S418501850135090249
Silver  (*)CopperAg18501850235088,350905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1850185013508421482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb21850185013509075
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe1850185013509083
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se41850185013508617
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18501850135090293
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se21850185013508671
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO218501850335088,35089,350902718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O18501850135089890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O18501850094


1 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
Hg-0008618501850      YesTiemanniteHg29182Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070019Ato Bay, Beaverlodge Lake, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070019

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