Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 106225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°15'36"N
Longitude: 71°13'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.26,-71.218888888889

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Bastnäsite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Crichtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Bastnäsite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	27
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110195	Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110195

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