Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1923
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1726

mindat Locality ID: 249944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°46'0"N
Longitude: 92°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.766666666667,-92.016666666667

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.

Ancylite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Spinel	Tridymite	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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Sr Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Sr Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ancylite Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Spinel Tridymite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1923	1726	8803
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1923	1726	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1923	1726	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1923	1726	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1923	1726	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1923	1726	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1923	1726	884
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1923	1726	2273
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1923	1726	232
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1887	1843	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000531	NW Superior Craton carbonatite complex
Jen_0001062	MAGMATIC STYLE: Approximately circular intrusion of about 8 km2, as estimated from aeromagnetic anomaly. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: None encountered by drilling.
Jen_0001063	MAGMATIC STYLE: Approximately circular intrusion of about 8 km2, as estimated from aeromagnetic anomaly. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: None encountered by drilling.
Jen_0001064	MAGMATIC STYLE: Approximately circular intrusion of about 8 km2, as estimated from aeromagnetic anomaly. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: None encountered by drilling.

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000531	1887	1843	1865±22	Pb-Pb	zircon	Zircon	249944	Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Carb Lake Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0001062	1824	1824	1824	K-Ar	biotite		249944	Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Carb Lake	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001063	1923	1729	1826±97	K-Ar	biotite		249944	Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Carb Lake	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001064	1918	1726	1822±96	K-Ar	biotite		249944	Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Carb Lake	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00201	1824	1824	1824 Ma				249944	Carb Lake Carbonatite Complex, Carb Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Carb Lake	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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