Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Aldermac Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 244584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aldermac Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°13'16"N
Longitude: 79°14'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.221111111111,-79.238055555556

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.

Amphibole	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clinozoisite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Devilline ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clinozoisite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4000	2500	8803
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	4000	2500	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	4000	2500	376
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	4000	2500	366
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4000	2500	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4000	2500	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4000	2500	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	2562

1 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
	vms-00274	4000	2500	Archean											244584	Aldermac Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Aldermac	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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