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Mistastin crater

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Confidence
  
Confirmed

Exposed
  
Yes

Area
  
145 km²

Surface elevation
  
338 m

Diameter
  
19 kilometres (12 mi)

Drilled
  
Yes

Length
  
19 km

Width
  
12 km

Mistastin crater 25 Mistastin Lake Newfoundland

Age
  
36.4 ± 4 million years old (Eocene Epoch)

Location
  
Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Mistastin crater is a meteorite crater in Labrador, Canada which contains the roughly circular Mistastin Lake.

The lake's arcuate central island is interpreted to be the central uplift of the complex crater structure. The target rocks were part of a batholith composed of adamellite, mangerite and lenses of anorthosite. There are abundant shock metamorphic features exhibited in the rocks of the island. Planar deformation features, diaplectic glass, melt rocks, and shatter cones have been identified.

The lake is approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) in diameter, while the estimated diameter of the original crater is 28 km (17 mi). The age of the crater is calculated to be 36.4 ± 4 million years (Eocene).

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