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Locality Name:
Dumont Intrusion, Launay, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2710
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 46201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dumont Intrusion, Launay, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°38'56"N
Longitude: 78°26'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.648888888889,-78.442222222222

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.

Atacamite	Auricupride	Hydrotalcite	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite

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: C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Auricupride Hydrotalcite None Pentlandite Perovskite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Awaruite ()*	Coalingite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Nickelbischofite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pentlandite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	2710	2700	166
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	2710	2700	27
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2710	2700	205
Nickelbischofite ()*	None	NiCl₂·6H₂O	2710	2700	4
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	2710	2700	158
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2710	2700	1512

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_669	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

2 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
	EG105_1057_033	2710	2700	2710-2700										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	46201	Dumont Intrusion, Launay, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Dumont	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_669	2710	2710	2710		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	46201	Dumont Intrusion, Launay, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Dumont	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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