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Locality Name:
Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 656
Youngest recorded age at locality: 479

mindat Locality ID: 126742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Niobec Mine

Latitude: 48°32'7"N
Longitude: 71°8'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.535277777778,-71.149166666667
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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteCancriniteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneOlivineParisite
PyritePyroxeneRocksaltSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kalicinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O665647901022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)65647908803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)365647901534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26564791350283092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)65647913502811547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F656479135028304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)65647913502827770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O656479135028232
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)6564791350281252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS265647913502827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26564791350289895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F6564791350282740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26564791350289617
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl65647901398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O365647913502814640
Kalicinite  (*)NoneKH(CO3)6564791350287
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O465647913502814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)6564791350284924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS26564791350285800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)656479135028945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)656479135028153
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)65647913502878
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)656479135028884
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2656479135028112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)26564791350282273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS265647913502839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86564791350289056
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1265647913502854
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)6564791350286417
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)656479135028589
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F656479135028232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)6564791350281006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6564791350284899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)26564791350282562
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)65647913502837


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000500Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000949MAGMATIC STYLE: Central intrusion and ring dykes or cone sheets surrounded by silicate rocks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, ijolite and fenite.
Jen_0000950MAGMATIC STYLE: Central intrusion and ring dykes or cone sheets surrounded by silicate rocks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, ijolite and fenite.


4 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
Jen_0000500642642642K-Ar       126742Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, CanadaSt-HonoréErnst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000949656629629-656K-Ar whole rock     126742Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, CanadaSt-HonoreWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000950513479496±17K-Ar       126742Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, CanadaSt-HonoreWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00208656629Late Proterozoic-- 629-656 Ma (various)various       126742Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, CanadaSt. HonoréOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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