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Locality Name:
Eastern Metals Mine, St-Fabien-de-Panet, Montmagny RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 157633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Metals Mine, St-Fabien-de-Panet, Montmagny RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°38'58"N
Longitude: 70°11'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.649444444444,-70.194444444444
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 As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
CyanotrichiteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMillerite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O4854440470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)248544403092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O4854440445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44854440708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS48544409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248544405509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS448544405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485444027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S48544405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485444027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O448544403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44854440951
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4854440966
Copper  (*)CopperCu48544403846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48544404165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34854440802
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)24854440179
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S48544401027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248544409895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485444024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)48544407437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O48544406890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485444014640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O4854440144
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44854440359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs24854440762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485444014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2485444012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS248544405674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS48544401066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485444017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4854440767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S848544401512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S44854440131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485444039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848544409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485444061156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O485444055
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)48544406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485444021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)248544403337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1348544401803
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S44854440380


1 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-00346485444Ordovician        157633Eastern Metals Mine, St-Fabien-de-Panet, Montmagny RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaPanet MetalMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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