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Locality Name:
Montréal Chrome Pit (Montréal Mine; Montréal-Coleraine Mine; Paré Pit; Black Lake Chrome Quarry), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 131492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131492.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montréal Chrome Pit (Montréal Mine; Montréal-Coleraine Mine; Paré Pit; Black Lake Chrome Quarry), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°59'53"N
Longitude: 71°15'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.998055555556,-71.250833333333
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 C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChloriteClayFeldsparGarnetNonePyroxeneSerpentineSpinel
Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O40311
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


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