Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Nahanni River, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 92
Youngest recorded age at locality: 88

mindat Locality ID: 34711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Nahanni River, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°12'0"N
Longitude: 128°49'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.2,-128.83305555556

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chloritoid	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stilbite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Wagnerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Helvine ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Purpurite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stellerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wodginite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chloritoid Clay Columbite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Staurolite Stilbite Titanite Tourmaline
Wagnerite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	92	88	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	92	88	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	92	88	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	92	88	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	92	88	5171
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	92	88	310
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	92	88	376
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	92	88	1008
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	92	88	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	92	88	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	92	88	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	92	88	24243
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	92	88	237
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	92	88	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	92	88	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	92	88	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	92	88	1271
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	92	88	155
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	92	88	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	92	88	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	92	88	80
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	92	88	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	92	88	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	92	88	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	92	88	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	92	88	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	92	88	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	92	88	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	92	88	978
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	92	88	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	92	88	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	92	88	4899
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	92	88	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	92	88	2718
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	92	88	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	92	88	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_142	92	88	90±2	U/Pb			apatite							34711	Little Nahanni River, Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada	Little Nahanni	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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