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

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

mindat Locality ID: 29652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29652.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 57°12'37"N
Longitude: 105°39'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.210277777778,-105.65805555556

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	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica
Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Titanite
Tourmaline	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
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: Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn

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 Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Mica
Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Titanite
Tourmaline Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1814	1808	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1814	1808	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1814	1808	566
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1814	1808	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1814	1808	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1814	1808	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1814	1808	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1814	1808	5591
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1814	1808	22
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1814	1808	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1814	1808	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1814	1808	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1814	1808	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1814	1808	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1814	1808	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1814	1808	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1814	1808	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1814	1808	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1814	1808	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1814	1808	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1814	1808	233
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1814	1808	55
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1814	1808	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1814	1808	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1814	1808	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1814	1808	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
	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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