Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2660
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2180

mindat Locality ID: 285754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Red Cross Lake Pegmatites

Latitude: 55°4'19"N
Longitude: 92°53'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.071944444444,-92.899722222222

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cookeite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Feruvite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Foitite ()*	Grossular ()*	Holmquistite ()*
Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petalite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rossmanite ()*	Rubicline ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sokolovaite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibarsen ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Trilithionite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cs F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Rb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

48 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)	2660	2180	1	30507	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2660	2180	1	30507	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2660	2180	1	30507	244
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2660	2180	1	30507	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2660	2180	1	30507	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2660	2180	1	30507	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2660	2180	1	30507	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2660	2180	1	30507	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2660	2180	1	30507	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	1025
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	2660	2660	1	30507	181
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	8173
Feruvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2660	2180	1	30507	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F	2660	2180	1	30507	13
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	75
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2660	2180	1	30507	1544
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2660	2660	1	30507	42
Hydroxykenomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	( ,Na,Sb³⁺)₂Ta₂O₆(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	6
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	2660	2180	1	30507	155
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2660	2180	1	30507	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2660	2180	1	30507	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2660	2180	1	30507	945
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2660	2180	1	30507	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2660	2180	1	30507	124
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2660	2180	1	30507	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	2660	2180	1	30507	140
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	2660	2180	1	30507	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2660	2180	1	30507	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2660	2180	1	30507	1711
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	37
Rubicline ()*	Feldspar	Rb(AlSi₃O₈)	2660	2180	1	30507	6
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2660	2180	1	30507	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2660	2180	1	30507	2705
Sokolovaite ()*	Mica	CsLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	2660	2180	1	30507	6
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2660	2180	1	30507	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	2660	2180	1	30507	688
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	2660	2180	1	30507	48
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2660	2180	1	30507	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	2660	2180	1	30507	211
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2660	2180	1	30507	4899
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	2660	2180	1	30507	28
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	2660	2180	1	30507	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2660	2180	1	30507	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2660	2180	1	30507	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Scott-GCA51_1101-0006	Red Cross Lake pegmatites

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Alexandra-0204	2250	2180	2250-2180	Rb-Sr	Age of pegmatite	k-feldspar	10A, 10 B		107864	Red Cross Lake Pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Red Cross Lake	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GECA51_1011
Grew_Li_2019_0016	2660	2660	2660					Cookeite	107864	Red Cross Lake Pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Red Cross Lake pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Černý et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.6.1807	CM50_1807
Grew_Li_2019_0046	2660	2660	2660					Holmquistite	107864	Red Cross Lake Pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Red Cross Lake pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Černý et al. (2012)	10.3749/canmin.50.6.1807	CM50_1807
Scott-GCA51_1101-0006	2500	2450	2500-2450	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	k-feldspar	10A		107864	Red Cross Lake Pegmatites, Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	Red Cross Lake	Clark and Černý (1987)	10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8	GCA51_1101	Table 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061109	Red Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061109

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