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Locality Name:
Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 11423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
ABC Rive-Nord (Scotch) Quarry
Autoroute 50 Roadcut No. 1
Autoroute 50 Roadcut No.2
Calumet Graphite Mine
Grenville Scapolite Prospect
Kilmar
McGillivray Lake Mine
Miller Mine (Keystone Mine; Grenville Graphite Deposit)
Pointe-au-Chêne
Rawcliffe
Scotstown Granite Quarry

Latitude: 45°40'39"N
Longitude: 74°36'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.6775,-74.612777777778

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteApophylliteBruciteCalciteChabaziteClayEttringiteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetHydrotalciteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePectolitePrehnite
PumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapoliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc
TitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1345948803
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2134599462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)734594,34595,34597,34600,34601,34602,3460327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O134595310
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)134594498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6534594,34595,34597,34599,346014135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21345999895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F434594,34595,34599,346022740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O234594,34595303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21345949617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13459924243
Graphite  (*)NoneC634594,34595,34596,34599,34601,346022812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3234594,346021544
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4134598359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1345991487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413459514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21345955674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)334594,34597,34603176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)234594,345954924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21345955800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2234594,3459517380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)134594363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2534594,34595,34599,34600,346012273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21345941898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O134595106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2334594,34595,3459939462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13459989
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8234594,345959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2434594,34599,34601,3460561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13459921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21345993337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O134595183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O434594,34595,34599,346014899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21345972562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10234594,346011395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3334594,34595,346011247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)334594,34595,346015251



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