Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1880

mindat Locality ID: 47950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zone 2 Orebody

Latitude: 61°40'50"N
Longitude: 73°40'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.680555555556,-73.683055555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Temagamite ()*

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: As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Ca Co Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Ullmannite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1918	1880	0		3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1880	1880	1	34871	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1880	1880	1	34871	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1918	1880	0		966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1880	1880	1	34871	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1918	1880	0		24243
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1880	1880	0		119
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1918	1880	0		14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1918	1880	0		161
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1880	1880	1	34871	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1880	1880	0		133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1880	1880	1	34871	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1918	1880	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1880	1880	1	34871	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1880	1880	1	34871	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1880	1880	1	34871	337
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1880	1880	1	34871	46
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	1880	1880	0		24

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_682	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	EG105_1057_017	1880	1880	1880										Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	47950	Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Raglan	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	Michelle_682	1918	1918	1918		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	47950	Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Raglan	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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