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Locality Name:
Cat Lake - Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2685
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2640

mindat Locality ID: 208653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cat Lake - Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Central Claim Pegmatite
Donner Lake
Eagle Pegmatite
FD 5 Pegmatite
Irgon Pegmatite
Unnamed Pegmatites
YITT-B Pegmatite (Yitt Pegmatite)

Latitude: 50°36'31"N
Longitude: 95°28'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.608611111111,-95.468611111111

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 Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Rb Si Sn Ta 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteBerylClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGraftoniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutile
TripliteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alluaudite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petalite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rubicline  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26402640930394,30396,30397,30398,30400,30401,30402,30403,304048803
Alluaudite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMnFe3+2(PO4)326402640230394,3040494
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826852640530394,30396,30400,30401,304034286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)22640264013040439
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2268526401303945171
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O426852640130394321
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2685264008173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F264026401304042740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2268526401304009617
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)22685264013039742
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)26852640230394,30403155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26852640430394,30397,30401,304024924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226402640730394,30397,30398,30400,30402,30403,3040417380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O1026852640130398124
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O26852640130396140
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)2685264013039480
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226852640830394,30396,30397,30398,30400,30401,30402,3040361156
Rubicline  (*)FeldsparRb(AlSi3O8)268526401303966
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)326402640230396,304041214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O626852640830394,30396,30397,30398,30400,30401,30402,30403688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O626852640130403211
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)26402640330394,30403,30404313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F26402640130404233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O26852640130394636



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000013Archean Superprovince of the Canadian Shield


2 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_0000013268526452665±20U-Pb zircon   Zircon  208653Cat Lake - Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, CanadaCat LakeČerný (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-MPR51_429 
Grew_Li_2019_0111264026402640      Triphylite 205442YITT-B Pegmatite (Yitt Pegmatite), Cat Lake - Winnipeg River Pegmatite Field, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, CanadaYITT-B and Buck pegmatites, Bird River Greenstone Belt, Manitoba, CanadaCamacho et al. (2012)10.3749/canmin.50.6.1775CM50_1775 


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