Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
O'Meara Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 255415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "O'Meara Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chipman Lake Carbonatite

Latitude: 49°58'0"N
Longitude: 86°11'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.966666666667,-86.199444444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Burbankite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar
Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorstrophite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Norsethite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Burbankite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar
Mica Monazite Nickeline None Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	33431	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33431	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	33431	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	33431	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	33431	83
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	33431	304
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	1	33431	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	33431	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	33431	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	33431	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	33431	2740
Fluorstrophite ()*	Apatite	SrCaSr₃(PO₄)₃F	1	33431	9
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	33431	24243
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	33431	79
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	33431	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33431	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	33431	945
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	1	33431	30
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	33431	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	33431	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	33431	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	33431	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	33431	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	33431	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	33431	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	33431	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	33431	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	33431	232
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	33431	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...