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Phlogopite from
Prairie Lake carbonatite, Killala Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada


Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Prairie Lake carbonatite, Killala Lake Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:607877
Long-form Identifier:1:3:607877:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
63.9km (39.7 miles) ⓘBig Lake deposit, Marathon area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘGeco Mine, Gemmell Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘWilliams Mine (Page Williams Mine), Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘHemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
71.4km (44.3 miles) ⓘDavid Bell Mine, Hemlo gold deposit, Bomby Township, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
References
American Mineralogist, Volume 94, pages 648–652, 2009
Wu, F. Y., Yang, Y. H., Mitchell, R. H., Bellatreccia, F., Li, Q. L., & Zhao, Z. F. (2010). In situ U–Pb and Nd–Hf–(Sr) isotopic investigations of zirconolite and calzirtite. Chemical Geology, 277(1), 178-195.
Martins, T., Chakhmouradian, A. R., Medici, L. (2014) Perovskite alteration in kimberlites and carbonatites: the role of kassite, CaTi2O4(OH)2. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41 (6) 473-484 doi:10.1007/s00269-014-0667-z
Savard, J. (2019). Petrology of ijolites from the Prairie Lake carbonatite complex (Masters thesis, Thunder Bay, Ontario]: Lakehead University).
 
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