Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 146448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
New Calumet Mines

Latitude: 45°42'1"N
Longitude: 76°40'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.700277777778,-76.677222222222

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cd Fe H K Mg Mo O S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Wurtzite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1500	1500	0		2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1500	1500	1	35006	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1500	1500	1	35006	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1600	1000	0		1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	1	35006	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1600	1000	1	35006	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1600	1000	0		1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	1	35006	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1600	1000	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1600	1000	1	35006	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1600	1000	0		1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1600	1000	0		445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1500	1500	1	35006	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1600	1000	0		30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1500	1500	0		717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1500	1500	1	35006	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1600	1000	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1600	1000	0		5591
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1600	1000	1	35006	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1500	1500	1	35006	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1500	1500	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1600	1000	0		192
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	1500	1	35006	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1500	1500	1	35006	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1600	1000	0		6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1600	1000	1	35006	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1600	1000	1	35006	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1500	1500	1	35006	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1500	1500	0		586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1500	1500	1	35006	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1600	1000	1	35006	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	1	35006	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1600	1000	1	35006	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
MT2012_Lariviere_0002	1110	1090	1100 ± 10	U-Pb	unit cuts host rock	zircon	Yes	Zircon		14034	Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada	Renprior Mine	Lariveire (2012)	MT2012_Lariviere	Chenaux gabbro which crosscuts the marble belt was dated at about 1100 Ma (Lumbers, 1982).
MT2012_Lariviere_0001	1235.9	1229.3	1232 +3.9/-2.7	U-Pb	host rock	zircon		Zircon		146448	L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Calumet Mine	Lariveire (2012)	MT2012_Lariviere	This age is Mesoproterozoic and refines the age bracket of the Grenville Supergroup marbles of the Bryson-Renfrew area
sedznpb-00117	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic							16931	New Calumet Mines, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	New Calumet	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
vms-00336	1500	1500	Middle Proterozoic						S	16931	New Calumet Mines, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	New Calumet	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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