Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wabush Iron Formation, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wabush Iron Formation, Labrador, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°54'29"N
Longitude: 66°55'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.908055555556,-66.923055555556

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	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calderite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Esseneite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Grunerite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Mn Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel Staurolite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	17
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	17
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	84
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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