Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bentley Lake Occurrence (Madawaska Mine Property), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1020
Youngest recorded age at locality: 960

mindat Locality ID: 41088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bentley Lake Occurrence (Madawaska Mine Property), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'39"N
Longitude: 77°55'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.0275,-77.918055555556

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	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 F Fe K O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe K O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Spinel Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1020	960	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1020	960	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1020	960	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1020	960	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1020	960	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1020	960	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1020	960	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1020	960	4899

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_020	1020	1014	1017±3	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			542	Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Madawaska	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Cr-00025	960	960	960	Pb			fergusonite			Yes		Davidite-(Ce)	Cr	542	Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada	Madawaska	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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