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Locality Name:
Red Wine Alkaline Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1420
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1270

mindat Locality ID: 25756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Wine Alkaline Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
North Red Wine
South Red Wine
Wapustan Gneiss

Latitude: 54°5'0"N
Longitude: 62°35'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.083333333333,-62.583333333333

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmphiboleApatiteAstrophylliteBastnäsiteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteClay
CorundumDumortieriteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteJoaquiniteMicaNatroliteNeptuniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSapphirineSodaliteSphaleriteTitanite
TridymiteWöhleriteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Catapleiite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Innelite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Joaquinite-(Ce)  (*)
Karnasurtite-(Ce)  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Murmanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Neptunite  (*)Niobophyllite  (*)Nosean  (*)Omphacite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vinogradovite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61420127001022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]142012700133
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)614201270043
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)142012701308718803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2142012700295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F142012700161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61420127002060
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F142012700304
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)142012700115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14201270027770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O142012700113
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18142012701308711008
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1814201270130871231
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2142012700182
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21420127009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14201270024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314201270014640
Innelite  (*)NoneBa4Ti2Na(NaMn2+)Ti(Si2O7)2[(SO4)(PO4)]O2[O(OH)]1420127003
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6142012700154
Joaquinite-(Ce)  (*)JoaquiniteNaBa2Fe2+Ti2Ce2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)·H2O14201270011
Karnasurtite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeTiAlSi2O7(OH)4·3H2O1420127004
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)214201270063
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)414201270058
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)14201270082
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)142012701308714924
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)214201270045
Murmanite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)414201270024
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21420127013087117380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1420127001236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)142012700884
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O2414201270049
Niobophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7(Nb,Ti)2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4(O,F)1420127008
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O14201270075
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6142012700229
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)142012700363
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)214201270014
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81420127009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21420127013087161156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2142012700375
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F214201270053
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5142012701308711516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl142012700444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14201270021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1420127004899
Vinogradovite  (*)NoneNa4Ti4(Si2O6)2[(Si,Al)4O10]O4·(H2O,Na,K)314201270028
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1420127005251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
ree-00223142012701345 ± 75 Ma, average (Rb-Sr, whole rock)Rb-Sr whole rock     25756Red Wine Alkaline Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaRed WineOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050516Red Wine Alkaline Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050516


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