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Locality Name:
Copper Rand Mine, Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2716
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2714

mindat Locality ID: 10337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10337.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Rand Mine, Chibougamau Mining District, 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
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidote
FeldsparMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22716271403419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2716271408803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22716271403092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)27162714027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227162714027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2271627140376
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3271627140802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2716271408173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27162714024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27162714030554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2716271401398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O327162714014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427162714014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227162714017380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271627140247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227162714039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82716271409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227162714061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2716271406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27162714021482
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2716271401025


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
PorphCu-00001271627142716–2714     YesChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SideriteCu586Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaChibougamauSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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