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Locality Name:
Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 106225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°15'36"N
Longitude: 71°13'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.26,-71.218888888889

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBastnäsiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitaniteZircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110195Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110195


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