Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Flowers River Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1269
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1255

mindat Locality ID: 244079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flowers River Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°35'0"N
Longitude: 61°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.583333333333,-61.083333333333

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Astrophyllite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1269	1255	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1269	1255	133
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1269	1255	706
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1269	1255	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1269	1255	161
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1269	1255	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1269	1255	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1269	1255	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1269	1255	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1269	1255	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1269	1255	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1269	1255	375
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1269	1255	5251

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-0445	1269	1255	1262±7	Rb-Sr										244079	Flowers River Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Flowers River	Miller et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0301-9268(96)00024-1	PR81_67

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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