Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paint Lake Carbonatite, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 308625
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308625.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paint Lake Carbonatite, Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°28'17"N
Longitude: 97°56'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.471388888889,-97.948055555556

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	Calcite	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1880	1880	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1880	1880	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1880	1880	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1880	1880	160
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1880	1880	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1880	1880	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1880	1880	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1880	1880	4899

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
	EG105_1057_016	1880	1880	1880							Yes			Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	212064	Thompson Nickel Belt, Manitoba, Canada	Thompson	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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