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Locality Name:
Bird River Area, Manitoba, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 24714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bird River Area, Manitoba, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bird Lake
Dumbarton Mine
Eagle Deposit (New Manitoba)
Maskwa West Open Pit
Mayville Deposit
Wento Deposit

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite
Millerite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2749.9	2739.5	1	30247	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2749.9	2739.5	1	30247	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30249	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2749.9	2739.5	5	30247,30248,30249,30250,30251	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	951
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2749.9	2739.5	1	30246	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30251	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2749.9	2739.5	1	30247	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2749.9	2739.5	1	30247	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2749.9	2739.5	4	30246,30247,30249,30251	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30249	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30249	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2749.9	2739.5	4	30247,30248,30249,30250	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30249	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2749.9	2739.5	5	30247,30248,30249,30250,30251	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2749.9	2739.5	1	30247	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30251	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2749.9	2739.5	1	30249	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2749.9	2739.5	2	30247,30249	380

1 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
	EMG18_41-00001	2749.9	2739.5	2744.7±5.2	U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon		Ni, Cu	25007	Bird River Sill, Manitoba, Canada	Bird River Sill	Good et al (2009)	10.2113/gsemg.18.1-4.41	EMG18_41

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