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:
Whiteshell Park, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 281363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whiteshell Park, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Huron Pegmatite

Latitude: 50°21'5"N
Longitude: 95°20'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.351388888889,-95.345833333333

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.

Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rutile	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bityite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be Ca Ce F H K Li Mn Na Nb O Si Ta Th Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Quartz
Rutile Topaz Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	2500	1	30426	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2500	2500	1	30426	4286
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	2500	1	30426	31
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	2500	1	30426	1025
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	2500	2500	1	30426	83
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	2500	2500	1	30426	148
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2500	2500	1	30426	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	2500	1	30426	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	2500	1	30426	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	2500	1	30426	5614
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2500	2500	1	30426	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2500	2500	1	30426	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	2500	1	30426	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	2500	1	30426	1025

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
	Scott-GCA51_1101-0003	2500	2500	2500	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		k-feldspar	5						243527	Huron Pegmatite, Whiteshell Park, Greer Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Huron Claim	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GCA51_1101	Table 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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