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Locality Name:
Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2654
Youngest recorded age at locality: 568

mindat Locality ID: 257822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°12'41"N
Longitude: 79°23'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.211388888889,-79.386666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeBaryteCancriniteChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneSpinelTridymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O657856801022
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O57856801627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)578568011547
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O5785680232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2578568027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O657856804135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF257856809617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3578568014640
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O25785680179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4578568014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)57856804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS257856805800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)5785680884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2578568039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S857856809056


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000498Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000916MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, K-rich trachyte dykes, ocelli-bearing lamprophyre, fenite.


3 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
Bradley_2012_124265426462650±4U/Pb monazite  Yes  192679North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada[N of North Bay]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Jen_0000498578576577±1U-Pb zircon   Zircon  257822Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, CanadaCallander Bay ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000916568568568K-Ar biotite     257822Callander Bay Alkaline Complex, North Bay Area, Nipissing District, Ontario, CanadaCallander BayWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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