Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2715
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2704

mindat Locality ID: 10867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10867.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°4'22"N
Longitude: 77°42'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.072777777778,-77.713333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 As Cu Fe Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cu Fe Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hessite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2715	2715	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2715	2715	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2715	2715	24243
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2715	2715	804
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2715	2715	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2715	2715	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2715	2715	21482

2 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
	vms-00299	2715	2715	Archean										S	10867	East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	East Sullivan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00324	2704	2704	Late Archean							Yes			S	257046	Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Louvicourt	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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