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Locality Name:
O'Grady Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 243969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "O'Grady Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stargazer Claim

Latitude: 62°53'29"N
Longitude: 128°58'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.891388888889,-128.97694444444

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Sb Si Sn Th Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Mn Nb O P Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousAnalcimeAxiniteBismutiteChabaziteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDanburite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMicaMonaziteNonePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheelite
SpinelStilbiteTitaniteTivaniteTourmalineZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(La)  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Danburite  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Feruvite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hambergite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nanpingite  (*)Opal  (*)Pollucite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pseudorutile  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sokolovaite  (*)Stibiocolumbite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1311018803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)025
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2131101260
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)131101716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21311015171
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O131101310
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8131101148
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)131101520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO40196
Feruvite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)13110115
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)13110181
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31311015433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1311014924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nanpingite  (*)MicaCsAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21311018
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O131101140
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F213110189
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O9030
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213110161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1311014894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1311012705
Sokolovaite  (*)MicaCsLi2AlSi4O10F21311016
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO413110113
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O131101268
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1311014899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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