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Coldwell complex, Marathon, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 48°47'N
Longitude: 86°30'W
Located on the north shore of Lake Superior the Coldwell complex is the largest alkaline complex in North America, with an approximate are of 1500 km2.

References

Currie, K.L. (1976) The alkaline rocks in Canada. GSC Bulletin 239, 238 p.
Currie, K.L. (1980) A contribution to the petrology of the Coldwell alkaline complex,Northen Ontario. GSC Bulletin 237,43 p.
Horváth, L. (2009) Catalogue of mineral species occurring in Canada (2009)Min. Ass. Can. website.
McLaughlin (1990) Unpublished M.Sc. thesis Lakehead U.
Mitchell (1991) Can, J, Earth Sci 28, 1653-1663.
Mitchell et al. (1993) Can, J, Earth Sci 30, 145-153.
Mulja & Mitchell (1990) Can. Min. 28, 489-501.
Platt & Mitchell (1982) J. Petr. 23, 186-214.
Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.458.
Watkinson & Ohnenstetter (1992) Can.Min. 30, 121-136.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(Ce)
Altaite
Analcime
Andradite
Annite
'Apatite'
Arfvedsonite
Arsenopyrite
Atokite
Augite
Baddeleyite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Biotite
Böhmite
Bornite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcite
Cancrinite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chekhovichite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite
Cotunnite
Crichtonite
Cubanite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Edenite
Elpidite
Enstatite
Epidote
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrobarroisite
Ferro-edenite
Ferrohornblende
Ferropargasite
Ferrorichterite
Ferrowinchite
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Gold
Hastingsite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hessite
Hollingworthite
Ilmenite
Isomertieite
Kaersutite
Kotulskite
Mackinawite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Majakite
Meionite
Melonite
Merenskyite
Mertieite-II
Michenerite
Microcline
Millerite
Monazite-(Ce)
Moncheite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nickeline
'Olivine'
Olsacherite
Padmaite
Palarstanide
Palladoarsenide
Palladobismutharsenide
Paolovite
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Pentlandite
Phenakite
Pintadoite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Riebeckite
Röntgenite-(Ce)
Ruarsite
Rutile
Siegenite
Sodalite
Sopcheite
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Tarkianite
Telargpalite
'Thomsonite'
Thorite
Titanite
Yecoraite
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zvyagintsevite


139 entries listed. 108 valid minerals.

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