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Locality Name:
Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1067

mindat Locality ID: 234151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°47'0"N
Longitude: 83°6'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.783333333333,-83.1

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: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteWollastoniteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6116710670286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1167106708803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31167106701534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11671067027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O116710670232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211671067027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21167106709617
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411671067014899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)116710670884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1167106702349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211671067039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81167106709056
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl116710670444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1167106704899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31167106701247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1167106705251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000516carbonatite complex
Jen_0001020MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001021MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001022MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.
Jen_0001023MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets and veins within ijolite and nepheline syenite. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, ijolite, malignite (including pseudoleucite malignite), lamprophyre; fenite.


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_00005161102.11099.11100.6±1.5U-Pb       234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001020110811081108        234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001021109010901090K-Ar       234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001022108910671078±11Rb-Sr whole rock     234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001023116711091138±29Rb-Sr whole rock     234151Lackner Lake Complex, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, CanadaLackner Lake and PortageWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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