Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rabbit Lake Mine, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 29653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29653.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 58°11'26"N
Longitude: 103°42'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.190555555556,-103.71222222222

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	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Boltwoodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sklodowskite ()*
Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Talc Tourmaline Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1814	1808	2162
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	1814	1808	38
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	1814	1808	67
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1814	1808	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1814	1808	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1814	1808	566
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1814	1808	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1814	1808	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1814	1808	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1814	1808	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1814	1808	5591
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1814	1808	22
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1814	1808	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1814	1808	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1814	1808	1508
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1814	1808	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1814	1808	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1814	1808	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1814	1808	61156
Sklodowskite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1814	1808	56
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1814	1808	3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1814	1808	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1814	1808	890
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1814	1808	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1814	1808	1655

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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