Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
T-Zone Deposit, Thor Lake Syenite Complex, Blachford Lake Alkaline Complex, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 273584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "T-Zone Deposit, Thor Lake Syenite Complex, Blachford Lake Alkaline Complex, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Bastnäsite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Bastnäsite Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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