Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 72056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Borup Fiord Pass
Cape Herschel
Cape Richards
Eureka

Latitude: 81°58'38"N
Longitude: 80°24'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 81.977222222222,-80.414722222222

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Oxalate	Quartz	Sulphur	Titanite

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: C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Gypsum None Oxalate Quartz Sulphur Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Weddellite ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0.01	0	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	31447,31450	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	31447	6890
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	31449	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31449	375
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	31447	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	31449	4899
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)			1	31447	37
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	0.01	0	1	31448	32

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_814	Weddellite occurs in stream sediment and a raised beach deposit. Twenty-five radiocarbon age determinations on marine molluscs, basal organic pond sediments, charred remains in archeological sites, and a variety of other materials have allowed the construction of an emergence curve for Cape Herschel, emergence of the order of 135 m has taken place during the last 8500-8700 radiocarbon years.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_814	0.01	0	Holocene		Age of Cape Herschel emergence									188781	Cape Herschel, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada	Cape Herschel	Blake (1992)	10.1139/e92-153	CJES29_1958	Age of Cape Herschel emergence. Fossil and sediment analaysis indicated that the region emerged approximately 135 m from 8500-8700 years ago.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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