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Locality Name:
Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2657
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2295

mindat Locality ID: 306990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bunty Claims
Shatford Lake Pegmatite
Tin Island
Unnamed Claims [2]
Unnamed Pegmatites

Latitude: 50°23'32"N
Longitude: 95°29'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.392222222222,-95.499444444444

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 Be Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Yb Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMicaMonazite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileStibniteTopazZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26572295430444,30445,30447,304498803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826572295730443,30444,30445,30446,30447,30448,304494286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO226572295230444,304475171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22657229513044427198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O626572295130444518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O626572295230444,30445414
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O62657229513044483
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226572295330444,30447,304499617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)226572295130444163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2657229513044424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32657229513044414640
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O226572295330443,30445,30448148
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1426572295130444784
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26572295630443,30444,30445,30447,30448,304494924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)26572295130444945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226572295330444,30447,3044917380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)626572295130444121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226572295230444,3044639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8265722951304449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226572295730443,30444,30445,30446,30447,30448,3044961156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3265722951304443418
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)265722951304441006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F226572295430444,30445,30446,304491476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2265722951304442718
Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)ZirconYb(PO4)265722951304444
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)265722951304445251



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
Bradley_2012_140265726472652±5U/Pb euxenite     5764Shatford Lake Pegmatite, Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, CanadaShatfordMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Scott-GCA51_1101-0004229522952295Rb-Srage of intrusionk-feldspar6    5764Shatford Lake Pegmatite, Shatford Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, CanadaShatford LakeClark and Černý (1987)10.1016/0016-7037(87)90112-8GCA51_1101Table 1


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