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Locality Name:
Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2651
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2586

mindat Locality ID: 255694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Mack Pegmatite
Big Whopper Pegmatite
James Pegmatite (Ballpeen)
Lou's Pegmatite
Marko’s Pegmatite
Pegmatite 93-265
Swamp Pegmatite

Latitude: 50°16'0"N
Longitude: 94°32'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.266666666667,-94.536111111111

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	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Tapiolite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bikitaite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Eucryptite ()*	Ferrotitanowodginite ()*
Ferrowodginite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Halite ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanowodginite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 Be Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Tapiolite Zircon

31 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2651	2601	3	32373,32374,32377	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	32375,32377	4286
Bikitaite ()*	None	LiAlSi₂O₆·H₂O	2642	2601	1	32373	4
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2651	2637	2	32374,32377	5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2642	2601	1	32373	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	32377	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	32377	289
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2642	2601	1	32373	1008
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	2642	2642	1	32373	29
Ferrotitanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺TiTa₂O₈			1	32377	4
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			2	32375,32377	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	32377	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	2651	2637	1	32374	445
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	32377	1398
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2642	2601	1	32373	42
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	32375	155
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	32377	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2651	2601	3	32373,32374,32377	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2651	2601	4	32373,32374,32375,32377	124
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2651	2601	4	32373,32374,32375,32377	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	32377	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2651	2637	1	32374	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2651	2637	3	32374,32375,32377	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	32377	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	32377	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	32377	88
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2651	2637	1	32374	1006
Titanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈			1	32377	7
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈			1	32377	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2651	2637	1	32374	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2651	2637	1	32374	5251

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0198	2605	2601	2603±2	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	columbite, tantalite	99FWB74		244373	Big Mack Pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Mack pegmatite	Smith et al. (2004)	10.1007/s00410-003-0538-y	CMP147_549	These data suggest that sample 99FWB74 has undergone multiple fractionation of the U-Pb system, perhaps related to the deformation event, with an overall loss of uranium
Alexandra-0199	2618	2614	2616±2	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	columbite, tantalite	99FWB74		244373	Big Mack Pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Mack pegmatite	Smith et al. (2004)	10.1007/s00410-003-0538-y	CMP147_549	These data suggest that sample 99FWB74 has undergone multiple fractionation of the U-Pb system, perhaps related to the deformation event, with an overall loss of uranium
Alexandra-0200	2609	2605	2607±2	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	columbite, tantalite	99FWB74		244373	Big Mack Pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Mack pegmatite	Smith et al. (2004)	10.1007/s00410-003-0538-y	CMP147_549	These data suggest that sample 99FWB74 has undergone multiple fractionation of the U-Pb system, perhaps related to the deformation event, with an overall loss of uranium
Grew_Li_2019_0025	2642	2642	2642					Eucryptite	244373	Big Mack Pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Mack pegmatite, Sepatation Lake Area, Kenora district, Ontario, Canada	Tindle et al. (2002)	10.2113/gscanmin.40.3.753	CM40_753
Bradley_2012_036	2651	2637	2644±7	U/Pb		columbite, tantalite			212378	Big Whopper Pegmatite, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Whopper	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Alexandra-0201	2590	2586	2588±2	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite	columbite, tantalite	99FWB74		244374	Pegmatite 93-265, Paterson Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada	Big Mack pegmatite	Smith et al. (2004)	10.1007/s00410-003-0538-y	CMP147_549	These data suggest that sample 99FWB74 has undergone multiple fractionation of the U-Pb system, perhaps related to the deformation event, with an overall loss of uranium

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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