Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ikkinikulluit Brook, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1774
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1449.7

mindat Locality ID: 30982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ikkinikulluit Brook, Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°28'13"N
Longitude: 62°21'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.470277777778,-62.350555555556

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	Feldspar	Mica	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Feldspar Mica Milarite Nickeline None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cordierite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1774	1449.7	1008
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1774	1449.7	84
Graphite ()*	None	C	1774	1449.7	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1774	1449.7	407
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1774	1449.7	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1774	1449.7	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1774	1449.7	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1774	1449.7	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1774	1449.7	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000073	gabbro, anorthosite, pyroxenes, mangeritic rocks

2 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
	Bradley_2012_009	1774	1772	1773±1	U/Pb			monazite			Yes				224178	Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	[Nain Province]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Jen_0000073	1450.3	1449.7	1450±0.3	Rb-Sr						Yes				224178	Nain Complex, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Umiakovik Lake (Nain Complex)	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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