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Locality Name:
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 145533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
11e Rang
Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV)
Harvey Hill Mine

Latitude: 46°15'0"N
Longitude: 71°12'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.25,-71.203333333333
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: 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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBastnäsiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcTitaniteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)Langite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)21343903419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1343908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21343902162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21343905509
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F134390304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4234390,343915516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6234390,343911633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2134390700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)234390,3439127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1343904979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S234390,343915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2234390,3439127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8134390577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2234390,34391376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41343903902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81343901756
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3813439027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21343909895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1343908173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1343902740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13439024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1343907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13439030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1343906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313439014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1343901689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31343905433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61343902228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O134391593
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1343901487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413439014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2234390,3439112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1343901107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2234390,343915800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)134390945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213439017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81343901512
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O134391309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2234390,3439139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2234390,3439161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21343905614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1343906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1343905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13439021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O134390456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2234390,343913337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1343904899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21343902562
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)134390939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1343905251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110195Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110195

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