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Locality Name:
LaRonde Mine (LaRonde Penna Deposit; Penna Shaft), Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 256957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "LaRonde Mine (LaRonde Penna Deposit; Penna Shaft), Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°15'16"N
Longitude: 78°26'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.254444444444,-78.434444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Si Sn Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDigeniteMeloniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS400025000312
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe400025000489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO54000250001310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4000250009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44000250005516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2400025000361
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4000250005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240002500027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4000250004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S4000250001027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40002500024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40002500030554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO44000250001507
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S440002500051
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2400025000409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240002500039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84000250009056
Silver  (*)CopperAg4000250005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40002500021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4400025000668
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS400025000332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134000250001803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0032040002500Archean        256957LaRonde Mine (LaRonde Penna Deposit; Penna Shaft), Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLaRonde-DumagamiMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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