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Locality Name:
Nicholson No. 2, Consolidated Nicholson Mines, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 16979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nicholson No. 2, Consolidated Nicholson Mines, Goldfields District, Beaverlodge Lake Area, Saskatchewan, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°27'20"N
Longitude: 108°25'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.455555555556,-108.43027777778
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: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumFluoriteLöllingiteNickelineNolaniteNone
PyriteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteUllmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Froodite  (*)Gold  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nolanite  (*)Oosterboschite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41850185005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18501850027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218501850027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS185018500966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5185018500344
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21850185009895
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi218501850062
Gold  (*)CopperAu18501850030554
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se318501850037
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318501850014640
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs185018500633
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)218501850019
Oosterboschite  (*)None(Pd,Cu)7Se51850185005
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218501850039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2185018500233
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4185018500249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1850185005186
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb218501850075
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe18501850083
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS185018500293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21850185002718


1 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
Hg-0008618501850      YesTiemanniteHg29182Shirley Peninsula, Lake Athabasca, Saskatchewan, Canada Cabri et al. (1991); O’Hanley et al. (1991); Rees (1992)   

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