Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2654
Youngest recorded age at locality: 568

mindat Locality ID: 192679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Callander Bay Alkaline Complex

Latitude: 46°12'41"N
Longitude: 79°23'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.211388888889,-79.386666666667

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	Baryte	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tridymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	578	568	1	32699	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	578	568	1	32699	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	578	568	1	32699	11547
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	578	568	1	32699	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	578	568	1	32699	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	578	568	1	32699	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	578	568	1	32699	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	578	568	1	32699	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	578	568	1	32699	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	578	568	1	32699	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	578	568	1	32699	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	578	568	1	32699	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2654	568	0		17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	578	568	1	32699	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	578	568	1	32699	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	578	568	1	32699	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2654	568	0		61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000498	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000916	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, K-rich trachyte dykes, ocelli-bearing lamprophyre, fenite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Bradley_2012_124	2654	2646	2650±4	U/Pb	monazite		192679	North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	[N of North Bay]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Jen_0000498	578	576	577±1	U-Pb	zircon	Zircon	257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Callander Bay Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000916	568	568	568	K-Ar	biotite		257822	Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada	Callander Bay	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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