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Locality Name:
Nova Beaucage Mine (Newman Deposit), Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 604
Youngest recorded age at locality: 560

mindat Locality ID: 223571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nova Beaucage Mine (Newman Deposit), Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°15'15"N
Longitude: 79°34'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.254166666667,-79.578333333333
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: C Ca F Fe Na O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe Na O S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCorundumFluoriteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneSpinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O660456001022
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)604560027770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF260456009617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3604560014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4604560014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2604560039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S860456009056
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO260456002718


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000499Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000911MAGMATIC STYLE: Veins and thick screens. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Alkali pyroxenite and syenite (? fenite) with altered nepheline; extensive fenite.


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_0000499604566585±19Pb-Pb zircon  YesZircon  223570Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, CanadaManitou Islands ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000911560560560K-Ar biotite  Yes  223570Manitou Island Complex, BMA 565884 Township, Nipissing District, Ontario, CanadaManitou IslandsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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