Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Birch Lake Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 8700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birch Lake Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°39'40"N
Longitude: 102°1'60"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.661111111111,-102.03333333333

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.

Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Devilline	Epidote	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Devilline Epidote Malachite Nickeline
None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Devilline ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2500	541	544
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2500	541	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2500	541	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2500	541	3846
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2500	541	366
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	541	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482

2 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
	EG111_1021_0001	1910	1800	1910-1800	U-Pb	host rock		zircon			Yes	Zircon			10351	Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada	Amisk Lake district, Flin Flon	Whalen (2016)		EG111_1021
	vms-00368	2500	541	Proterozoic							Yes				10351	Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, Canada	Coronation	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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