Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Norita Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 186820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norita Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°46'32"N
Longitude: 77°39'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.775555555556,-77.6575

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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: Au Bi Cu Fe S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Bi Cu Fe S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Copper Nickeline None Pyrite Sphalerite Stibnite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4000	2500	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00340	4000	2500	Archean						186820	Norita Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Norita	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
EG109_89-00001	2725.6	2724.2	2724.9±0.7	U-Pb	zircon	OR-01-32 (z9913)	Yes	Zircon	186828	Orchan West Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Orchan West deposit	Ross et al. (2014)	10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89	EG109_89
EG109_89-00002	2726.1	2724.7	2725.4±0.7	U-Pb	zircon	EQ-00-41 (z9625)	Yes	Zircon	186829	Perseverance Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Persévérance mine, Équinoxe lens	Ross et al. (2014)	10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89	EG109_89

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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