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Locality Name:
Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 776
Youngest recorded age at locality: 622

mindat Locality ID: 68115
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68115.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°41'31"N
Longitude: 126°39'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.691944444444,-126.66527777778

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFeldsparGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartz

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)77662208803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)77662201588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475075005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)776622027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S75075005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2750750027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS75075004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S75075001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)277662209895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O77662206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3776622014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2750750012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)77662204924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)77662202349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2776622039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2776622061156



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
MT2015_Milton_0001648622635 ± 13U-Pbalterationmonazite     68115Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaCoates Lake DepositMilton (2015) MT2015_Milton 
MT2015_Milton_0002776774775 ± 1U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  68115Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaCoates Lake DepositMilton (2015) MT2015_Milton 
sedcu-00104750750U. Proterozoic       Cu68115Coates Lake Deposit, Redstone, Mackenzie Mts, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, CanadaCoates LakeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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