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:
Maniwaki-Gracefield District, Gracefield, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 203533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maniwaki-Gracefield District, Gracefield, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bouchette Deposit
Cameron Deposit
Des Negres Deposit
Du Trefle Deposit
Kensington Moly Mining Company
Lafontaine Deposit
Leitch Deposit
Parker Deposit
Petite Baie Deposit
Poirier Deposit
Presqu'ile Deposit
Roddick Deposit (Montagne De Fer)
Village Deposit

Latitude: 46°10'0"N
Longitude: 75°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.166666666667,-75.916666666667

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	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	5	34905,34910,34911,34913,34916	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	2	34911,34915	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	34915,34916	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	34915	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	34915,34916	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	34909	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1600	1000	0		2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34916	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	1000	7	34905,34910,34911,34912,34913,34915,34916	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	2	34910,34915	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1600	1000	0		6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	34905	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	7	34905,34910,34911,34912,34913,34915,34916	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			4	34906,34913,34915,34916	1934
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	2	34910,34911	2562

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
	sedznpb-00101	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic											203544	Lafontaine Deposit, Maniwaki-Gracefield District, Gracefield, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Lafontaine/Lietch	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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