Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Moose II Pegmatite (ELK; Beck; DeStaffany), Yellowknife Pegmatite Field, Northwest Territories, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2598
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2594

mindat Locality ID: 264909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moose II Pegmatite (ELK; Beck; DeStaffany), Yellowknife Pegmatite Field, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°10'56"N
Longitude: 112°13'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.182222222222,-112.21694444444

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Crandallite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2598	2594	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2598	2594	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2598	2594	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2598	2594	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2598	2594	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2598	2594	518
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2598	2594	310
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2598	2594	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2598	2594	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2598	2594	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2598	2594	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2598	2594	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2598	2594	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2598	2594	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2598	2594	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2598	2594	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2598	2594	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	2598	2594	99
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2598	2594	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2598	2594	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002503	2598	2594	2596±2				monazite			Yes				517	Peg Tantalum, Yellowknife Pegmatite Field, Northwest Territories, Canada	Yellowknife-Beaulieu	Tkachev (2011)	10, 1144/SP350,2	GSLSP350_7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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