Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martin Lake Mine, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1850
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1850

mindat Locality ID: 625
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-625.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martin Lake Mine, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°32'44"N
Longitude: 108°33'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.545555555556,-108.55277777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Athabascaite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*	Eskebornite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tyrrellite ()*	Umangite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Se Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Se Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Fluorite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	1850	1850	18
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1850	1850	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1850	1850	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1850	1850	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1850	1850	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1850	1850	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1850	1850	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1850	1850	3846
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	1850	1850	26
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	1850	1850	54
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1850	1850	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1850	1850	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1850	1850	63
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1850	1850	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1850	1850	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1850	1850	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1850	1850	5186
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	1850	1850	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1850	1850	71
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1850	1850	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
	Hg-00086	1850	1850								Yes		Tiemannite	Hg	29182	Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada		Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)

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