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Locality Name:
Ospwagan Lake & Paint Lake Area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1880
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1880

mindat Locality ID: 279424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ospwagan Lake & Paint Lake Area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pipe Lake Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: As Bi C Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayCubaniteDiasporeNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRutileSerpentineSphalerite
SpinelWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Froodite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4188018801306543902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S318801880130654802
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi21880188013065462
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)188018801306547437
Graphite  (*)NoneC188018801306542812
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)418801880130654359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)18801880130654451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41880188013065414899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As818801880130654161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18801880130654633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18801880130654767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8188018801306541512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8188018801306549056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2188018801306545614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1880188013065421482
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S418801880130654380



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
EG105_1057_016188018801880     Yes Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru212064Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, CanadaThompsonBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 


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