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Locality Name:
Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 15092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
A Plug
EL Plug
Farley Lake Deposit

Latitude: 56°54'21"N
Longitude: 100°26'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.905833333333,-100.44111111111
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: Au Fe Ni O S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Ni O S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CopperCorundumMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Gold  (*)CopperAu250054113048230554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3250054105433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4250054113048214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2250054105674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8250054101512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2250054113048239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825005411304829056
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S425005410380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_676Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


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
EG105_1057_020188018601880-1860       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru15092Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, CanadaLynn LakeBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_6762500541Proterozoic Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu15092Lynn Lake Mine, Lynn Lake District, Manitoba, CanadaLynn LakeHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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