Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Orthoclase at Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 604Ma - 560Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Jen_0000499	604	566	Zircon			223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000911	560	560				223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Bradley_2012_124	2654	2646				192679	North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Bradley_2012_133	998	996				15148	Purdy Mine, Mattawan Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	CM52_183
Hg-00057	2739	2735		Temagamite	Hg	13226	Copperfields Mine (Temagami Mine), Phyllis Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Cabri et al. (1991); Bowins and Heaman (1991)
Jen_0000497	616	536				15143	Muskwa Lake Mine (Brent), Deacon Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000498	578	576	Zircon			257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000499	604	566	Zircon			223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Ernst and Bell (2010)	MP98_55
Jen_0000911	560	560				223570	Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000916	568	568				257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796