Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sturgeon Narrows Alkaline Complex, Squash Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 208047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sturgeon Narrows Alkaline Complex, Squash Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°59'0"N
Longitude: 90°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.983333333333,-90.716666666667

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	Analcime	Ancylite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Carbocernaite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carbocernaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Carbocernaite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	92
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Carbocernaite ()*	Carbocernaite	(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO₃)₂	24
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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