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Locality Name:
McLean Lake Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1814
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1808

mindat Locality ID: 243822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McLean Lake Deposit, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°15'40"N
Longitude: 103°48'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.261111111111,-103.8025

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Löllingite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Al As C Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Löllingite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1814	1808	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1814	1808	566
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1814	1808	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1814	1808	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1814	1808	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1814	1808	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1814	1808	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1814	1808	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1814	1808	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1814	1808	52
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1814	1808	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1814	1808	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1814	1808	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1814	1808	2718

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
	Kristen002522	1814	1808	1811±3				zircon			Yes	Zircon			47600	Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada	Athabasca Round-Basin Area	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

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