Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manibridge Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1882
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1878

mindat Locality ID: 15219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manibridge Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1882	1878	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1882	1878	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1882	1878	718
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1882	1878	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1882	1878	951
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1882	1878	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1882	1878	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1882	1878	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1882	1878	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1882	1878	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1882	1878	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1882	1878	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1882	1878	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1882	1878	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1882	1878	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1882	1878	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1882	1878	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_678	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

2 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
	EG105_1057_016	1880	1880	1880							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	212064	Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Thompson	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_678	1882	1878	1880±5		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	15219	Manibridge Mine, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Manibridge	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See 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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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