Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upton Deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 194561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194561.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upton Deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°40'38"N
Longitude: 72°40'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.677222222222,-72.669166666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Idaite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	485	444	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	470	470	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	470	470	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	470	470	4165
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	470	470	300
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	485	444	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	470	24243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	470	470	142
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	485	444	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00083	485	470	Early Ordovician	host rock age		194561	Upton Deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	Upton	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00135	470	444	Middle–Late Ordovician			194561	Upton Deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	Upton	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
vms-00360	470	470	Ordovician		S	194561	Upton Deposit Robex, Acton RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	Upton	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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