Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Strange Lake Complex (Lac Brisson Complex), Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1301
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1240

mindat Locality ID: 5364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Strange Lake Complex (Lac Brisson Complex), Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°19'59"N
Longitude: 64°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.333055555556,-64.166666666667

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Bastnäsite	Catapleiite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Elpidite	Epidote
Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gagarinite	Leifite	Mica	Milarite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Sphalerite
Thortveitite	Titanite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Na O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Astrophyllite Bastnäsite Catapleiite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Elpidite Epidote
Eudialyte Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Gadolinite Gagarinite Leifite Mica Milarite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Parisite Phenakite Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Sphalerite
Thortveitite Titanite Wöhlerite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Armstrongite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Bafertisite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calciocatapleiite ()*
Calciohilairite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Dalyite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epidote ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gagarinite-(Ce) ()*
Galena ()*	Gerenite-(Y) ()*	Gittinsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hilairite ()*
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Hiortdahlite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Leifite ()*	Milarite ()*	Minasgeraisite-(Y) ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vlasovite ()*	Willemite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1301	1240	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1301	1240	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1301	1240	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1301	1240	706
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1301	1240	295
Armstrongite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaZr(Si₆O₁₅)·2H₂O	1301	1240	5
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1301	1240	161
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	1301	1240	16
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1301	1240	304
Calciocatapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	CaZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1301	1240	8
Calciohilairite ()*	None	CaZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	1301	1240	7
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1301	1240	113
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	1301	1240	15
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	1301	1240	50
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1301	1240	8173
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1301	1240	182
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1301	1240	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1301	1240	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1240	1240	163
Gagarinite-(Ce) ()*	Gagarinite	NaCaCeF₆	1301	1240	1
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1301	1240	24243
Gerenite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca,Na, )₂Y₃Si₆O₁₈·2H₂O	1301	1240	2
Gittinsite ()*	Thortveitite	CaZrSi₂O₇	1301	1240	11
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1301	1240	14640
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	1301	1240	18
Hingganite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	BeCe(SiO₄)(OH)	1240	1240	13
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1240	1240	55
Hiortdahlite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄(Ca_0.5Zr_0.5)Zr(Si₂O₇)₂OF₃	1301	1240	21
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1301	1240	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1301	1240	99
Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite	Y₂Si₂O₇	1301	1240	13
Leifite ()*	Leifite	Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂	1240	1240	10
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1240	1240	156
Minasgeraisite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe₂Y₂Si₂O₁₀	1240	1240	3
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1301	1240	945
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	1301	1240	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1301	1240	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1301	1240	34
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1301	1240	112
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1301	1240	89
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1301	1240	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1301	1240	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1301	1240	375
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1301	1240	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1301	1240	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1301	1240	4899
Vlasovite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁	1301	1240	9
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1301	1240	303
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1301	1240	5251

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
	Be-00065	1240	1240	1240			high							Be	5364	Strange Lake Complex (Lac Brisson Complex), Canada		Miller et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0301-9268(96)00024-1	PR81_67
	ree-00226	1301	1241	1271±30 Ma (K-Ar, amph, granite)	K-Ar			amphibole							5364	Strange Lake Complex (Lac Brisson Complex), Canada	Strange Lake (Lac Brisson)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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