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Locality Name:
Bird River Mines (Ore Fault Group Of Claims; Ore Fault Deposit), Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2749.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2739.5

mindat Locality ID: 8704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bird River Mines (Ore Fault Group Of Claims; Ore Fault Deposit), Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°28'40"N
Longitude: 95°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.477777777778,-95.5
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteClayCorundumMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2749.92739.502793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22749.92739.503419
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S82749.92739.5067
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22749.92739.5027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42749.92739.503902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182749.92739.501008
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32749.92739.505433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42749.92739.5014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22749.92739.505674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82749.92739.501512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22749.92739.5039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82749.92739.509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22749.92739.5061156
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)2749.92739.5077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2749.92739.5021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22749.92739.503337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42749.92739.50380


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EMG18_41-000012749.92739.52744.7±5.2U-Pb zircon  YesZircon Ni, Cu25007Bird River Sill, Manitoba, CanadaBird River SillGood et al (2009)10.2113/gsemg.18.1-4.41EMG18_41 

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