Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cantung Mine, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 91.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 91.4

mindat Locality ID: 9583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cantung Mine, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°58'0"N
Longitude: 128°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.966666666667,-128.25

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cubanite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite
Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Barrerite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cubanite Digenite Epidote Fluorite
Garnet Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Stibnite Stilbite Talc Titanite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	91.4	91.4	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	91.4	91.4	708
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	91.4	91.4	23
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	91.4	91.4	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	91.4	91.4	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	91.4	91.4	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	91.4	91.4	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	91.4	91.4	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	91.4	91.4	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	91.4	91.4	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	91.4	91.4	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	91.4	91.4	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	91.4	91.4	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	91.4	91.4	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	91.4	91.4	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	91.4	91.4	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	91.4	91.4	804
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	91.4	91.4	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	91.4	91.4	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	91.4	91.4	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	91.4	91.4	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	91.4	91.4	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	91.4	91.4	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	91.4	91.4	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	91.4	91.4	2562

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
	Jen_0001466	91.4	91.4	91.4		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			9583	Cantung Mine, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada	Cantung	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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