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Locality Name:
Nueltin Lake Project, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 301281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nueltin Lake Project, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sandybeach Lake

Latitude: 60°7'0"N
Longitude: 99°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.116666666667,-99.916666666667
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 Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti U W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundumFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMelonite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTetradymite
TitaniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21314893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1314898803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe131489489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1314899052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2131489361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213148927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS131489966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S813148982
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O131489566
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61314894135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21314899617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13148924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13148930554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6131489741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31314895433
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2131489762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413148914899
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2131489207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21314895800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81314891512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213148939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81314899056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1314894894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1314895186
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3131489276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1314894899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21314892718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)131489939


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