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Locality Name:
Mesamax Northwest Deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 65449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65449.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 61°34'25"N
Longitude: 73°15'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.573611111111,-73.26

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelUllmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Ungavaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe191819180489
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219181918027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81918191801756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS191819180966
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19181918024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19181918030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te191819180804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419181918014899
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe191819180114
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb19181918011
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81918191801512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2191819180409
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81918191809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2191819180337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19181918021482
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb19181918046
Ungavaite  (*)NonePd4Sb31918191803



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_670Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_670191819181918 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province   Yes Ni, Cu204875Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaExpo-UngavaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).


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