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Locality Name:
Louvicourt Dumortierite Occurrence, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2715
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2704

mindat Locality ID: 241677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Louvicourt Dumortierite Occurrence, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al B Ca Fe H K O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H K O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClayClinozoisiteDumortieriteEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrophylliteQuartz
RutileZircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52715270401310
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18271527040231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2715270408173
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42715270401507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227152704017380
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2271527040771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227152704061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22715270405614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2715270405251



2 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-0029927152715Archean     Yes S10867East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaEast SullivanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0032427042704Late Archean     Yes S257046Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLouvicourtMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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