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Locality Name:
Gaspé Copper Mine (Gaspé Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Needle Mountain Mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 346

mindat Locality ID: 11307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaspé Copper Mine (Gaspé Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Needle Mountain Mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°58'14"N
Longitude: 65°31'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.970555555556,-65.520277777778
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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApophylliteArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
SulphurTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
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)235034603419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35034608803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)35034601588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35034609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235034605509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi35034601966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435034605516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635034601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)350346027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35034605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2350346027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35034603531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35034601025
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S33503460802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O635034604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235034609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35034608173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3503460303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235034609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350346024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35034607437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)335034601544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63503460741
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O35034601271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4350346014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2350346012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235034605800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35034601508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2350346017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)235034602273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2350346039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835034609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2350346061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3503460598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)35034604894
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe3503460143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS350346021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335034601803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35034601101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)235034602562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO335034601247


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-00038350346350–346      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, TremoliteCu11307Gaspé Copper Mine (Gaspé Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Needle Mountain Mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, CanadaGaspéSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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