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

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

mindat Locality ID: 10351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10351.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°39'5"N
Longitude: 102°19'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.651388888889,-102.33138888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DevillineDiasporeEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Devilline  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5250054101310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)225005410718
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)425005410246
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2250054105509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4250054105516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6250054101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2500541027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22500541027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18250054101008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS250054104165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S325005410802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)225005410327
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O25005410366
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)250054108173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O425005410445
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)250054107437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32500541014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3250054105433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42500541014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22500541012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250054105674
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O25005410309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22500541039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8250054109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22500541061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2500541021482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)25005410978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13250054105317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG111_1021_0001191018001910-1800U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaAmisk Lake district, Flin FlonWhalen (2016) EG111_1021 
vms-003682500541Proterozoic        10351Coronation Mine, Amisk Lake District, Saskatchewan, CanadaCoronationMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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