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


mindat Locality ID: 255698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Squaw Lake Area, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Squaw Lake Alkaline Complex

Latitude: 50°4'0"N
Longitude: 90°32'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.066666666667,-90.549722222222

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMica
NatroliteNonePyriteSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1324291627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13242927770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O132429232
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21324299895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1324298173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31324291544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413242914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1324294924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213242917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1324291236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)132429884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1324292349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213242939462
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl132429444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1324294899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1324295251



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