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Locality Name:
Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 146650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Coteau-du-Lac
Mont Rigaud
Saint-Lazare (Côte Saint-Charles)
Sainte-Justine-de-Newton
Vaudreuil-Dorion

Latitude: 45°23'10"N
Longitude: 74°14'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.386111111111,-74.238888888889

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeDjerfisheriteFeldsparFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRutileScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVivianiteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6160010001347631022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1347588803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2234757,347612162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O616001000234758,347632060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)234757,3476111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16001000434757,34758,34761,3476327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1347571252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213476127198
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S81600100013476382
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6160010001347634135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl1600100013476360
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)216001000334757,34761,347639895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F160010001347632740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21347589617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)160010001347631188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1347577437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1347616890
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O416001000134763311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416001000234758,3476314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2234757,347615674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl16001000134763139
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1347584924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21347585800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)16001000134763153
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4234757,34761112
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8160010001347631512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO316001000134763495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2160010001347632273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2234757,3476139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2334757,34758,3476161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21347615614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS234757,3476121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4160010001347631934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1347584899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O134759636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1347585251



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
sedexmvt-0004816001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      63262Île Cadieux Alnöite, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, CanadaCadieuxTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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