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Locality Name:
Moab-Setting Lakes Area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1880
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1841

mindat Locality ID: 28905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moab-Setting Lakes Area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pipe II Mine (Pipe Open Pit ?)
Thompson
Thompson Mine (Thompson T-1 Mine; Thompson Open Pit)
Thompson T-3 Mine

Latitude: 55°38'19"N
Longitude: 97°58'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.638611111111,-97.971388888889
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldspar
HydrotalciteIronKaoliniteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteModderiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePrehnitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTetradymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iron  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Majakite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Violarite  (*)Westerveldite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2185318411306473419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)185318411306478803
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218531841130647718
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O1880188013064432
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18801841230647,3064827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21853184113064727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O418801841230646,306473902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185318411306471025
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S318801841230647,30648802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)218531841130647327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6185318411306474135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185318411306478173
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O61853184113064784
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)185318411306471188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1880188013064624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1853184113064730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC185318411306472812
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)218531841130647223
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O18531841130647144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O318801841230646,306475433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS18531841130647154
Iron  (*)IronFe185318411306471089
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)18531841130647116
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)418801880130644359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418801841330644,30646,3064714899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs1853184113064722
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS218801841230646,306475674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As818801880130646161
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe218531841130647155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe18531841130647114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)185318411306474924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS185318411306471066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21853184113064717380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi1853184113064757
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs18801841230646,30647633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS18801841230646,30647767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S818801841230646,306471512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2185318411306472273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2185318411306471898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218801841430644,30646,30647,3064839462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)101853184113064738
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S818801841330646,30647,306489056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218801841330646,30647,3064861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)185318411306476417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5185318411306471516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18801841230646,3064721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4185318411306471934
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb1853184113064746
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2185318411306473337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te318801880130646276
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2185318411306472562
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S418531841130647380
Westerveldite  (*)ModderiteFeAs1880188013064611
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)185318411306471025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_688Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


2 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 
Michelle_688185318411847±6 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu506Thompson Mine (Thompson T-1 Mine; Thompson Open Pit), Moab-Setting Lakes Area, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, CanadaThompsonHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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