Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Donaldson West Deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 205368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Donaldson West Deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Melonite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sudburyite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: Ag As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Melonite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Ullmannite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1918	1918	3419
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1918	1918	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1918	1918	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1918	1918	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1918	1918	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1918	1918	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1918	1918	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1918	1918	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1918	1918	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1918	1918	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1918	1918	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1918	1918	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1918	1918	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1918	1918	155
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1918	1918	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1918	1918	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1918	1918	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1918	1918	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1918	1918	21482
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1918	1918	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1918	1918	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1918	1918	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1918	1918	293

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_670	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

1 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
	Michelle_670	1918	1918	1918		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province					Yes			Ni, Cu	204875	Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Expo-Ungava	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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