Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 483
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477

mindat Locality ID: 29846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
British Canadian Mine (B.C. 1 Mine; B.C. 2 Mine; Martin Mine; Black Lake Mine; American Mine; Dauville Mine)
Maple Leaf Mine
Murphy Hill-Sud Mine
Poudrier Mine
Reed Mine
Union Mine (Southwark Mine)
Unnamed Prospect (Indice No. 1)
Ward-Ross Mine

Latitude: 46°2'34"N
Longitude: 71°19'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.042777777778,-71.327777777778

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	Aragonite	Artinite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amesite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cabriite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hydrotalcite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malanite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt Ru S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Ir Pt S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Natrolite None Pectolite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34395	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	34395	8803
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			1	34395	74
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34395	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	34395	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	483	477	2	34395,34400	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	483	477	1	34400	75
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			2	34395,34401	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	483	477	1	34400	462
Cabriite ()*	None	Pd₂CuSn			1	34401	12
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	34395,34396	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	483	477	3	34396,34400,34402	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	483	477	6	34395,34396,34397,34398,34399,34400	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	483	477	1	34400	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	34395	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	483	477	3	34395,34396,34400	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	34395	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	483	477	1	34400	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	483	477	2	34395,34400	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	34396	205
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	483	477	2	34395,34400	87
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	34401	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂			1	34401	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	34395	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	483	477	3	34395,34396,34400	14899
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	483	477	0		35
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	34395	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	34395	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	34395	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	34395	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	34395	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	34395	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	34395	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	34395	390
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	34395	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	34395	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	34395	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	483	477	3	34395,34396,34400	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	34395	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	34395	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	483	477	1	34400	1025

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
	podchrome-00516	483	477	Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)										Cr	145315	Union Mine (Southwark Mine), Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada	Standard Asbestos Company	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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