Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Muskwa Lake Mine (Brent), Deacon Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 616
Youngest recorded age at locality: 536

mindat Locality ID: 15143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muskwa Lake Mine (Brent), Deacon Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°4'4"N
Longitude: 78°27'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.067777777778,-78.456388888889

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Mica None Quartz Serpentine Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	616	536	8803
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	616	536	951
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	616	536	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	616	536	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	616	536	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	616	536	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000497	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex

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
	Jen_0000497	616	536	576±40	K-Ar										15143	Muskwa Lake Mine (Brent), Deacon Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Brent	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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