Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camsell River Area, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 9553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camsell River Area, Northwest Territories, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
A. V. N. Vein
Bloom Island Vein
Gunbarrel Vein
Lypka Vein
Norex Mine
Northrim Mine
Republic Vein
Silver Bay Mine
Silver Bear Mine (Terra Mines; North Mine; Terra Mining And Exploration Company Mine)
Smallwood Mine (Smallwood Lake Mine)

Latitude: 65°36'32"N
Longitude: 118°4'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.608888888889,-118.07472222222

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ni

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Löllingite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pavonite Pentlandite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	31011	5509
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	1	31011	45
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	31008,31011	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	31011	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	31010,31011	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	31007,31010,31011	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	31011	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	31011	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	31007,31010,31011	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	2	31010,31011	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	31011	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	31011	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31011	7437
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	1	31011	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	31007,31010,31011	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	31011	1066
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	31011	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31011	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	31011	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	31010,31011	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	3	31007,31010,31011	252
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	2	31010,31011	161
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31011	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	31011	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	0		52
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	31011	72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	31011	249
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	31011	1512
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	31011	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	31011	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31011	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	3	31007,31010,31011	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	3	31007,31010,31011	317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	31011	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5	31007,31008,31010,31011,31012	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	3	31007,31010,31011	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	31007,31008,31010,31011	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	31011	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	31011	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	31007,31010,31011	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	31008,31011	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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