Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Root Lake Pegmatite Group, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2799
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2550

mindat Locality ID: 228550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Root Lake Pegmatite Group, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Root Lake Area

Latitude: 50°56'6"N
Longitude: 91°41'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.935,-91.697222222222

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	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Garnet	Mica	Milarite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Titanite	Tourmaline

Almandine ()*	Armenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Foitite ()*	Holmquistite ()*	Petalite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Garnet Mica Milarite
None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Titanite Tourmaline

19 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2799	2550	1	32405	2353
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	2799	2550	1	32405	23
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2799	2550	1	32405	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2799	2550	1	32405	27770
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2799	2550	2	32404,32405	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2799	2550	2	32404,32405	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2799	2550	1	32405	8173
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	2799	2550	1	32405	31
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	2799	2550	1	32405	12
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2799	2550	1	32405	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2799	2550	1	32405	75
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2799	2550	1	32405	42
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2799	2550	1	32405	124
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2799	2550	2	32404,32405	2705
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2799	2550	1	32405	92
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2799	2550	2	32404,32405	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2799	2550	1	32405	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2799	2550	1	32405	211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2799	2550	1	32405	4899

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
	Alexandra-0296	2799	2550	2799-2550		Age of pegmatite									228550	Root Lake Pegmatite Group, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Superior Province	Černý (1990)	10.1007/BF01830621	GR79_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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