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Locality Name:
Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 577
Youngest recorded age at locality: 562

mindat Locality ID: 31631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°51'0"N
Longitude: 58°58'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.85,-58.980833333333

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteCorundumFeldsparNoneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)577562027770
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2577562057
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2577562030
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3577562014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O357756205433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4577562014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)57756204924
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2577562061156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O57756204899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)57756205251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000494Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000495Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000496Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000917MAGMATIC STYLE: 30 cm thick dykes.


4 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
Jen_0000494566566566K-Ar       31631Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, CanadaBaie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000495577577577Rb-Sr       31631Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, CanadaBaie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000496562562562Rb-Sr       31631Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, CanadaBaie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) ComplexErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000917569569569K-Ar biotite     31631Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, CanadaBaie-Des-MoutonsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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