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Locality Name:
Chipman Lake Carbonatite, O'Meara Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 193865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chipman Lake Carbonatite, O'Meara Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°58'0"N
Longitude: 86°11'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.966666666667,-86.199722222222
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBurbankiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldspar
MicaMonaziteNickelineNoneParisitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorstrophite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Norsethite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2083
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorstrophite  (*)ApatiteSrCaSr3(PO4)3F09
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2079
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)2030
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F20112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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