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Locality Name:
Maxwell Quarry (Morisson Quarry; Maxwell Brucite Quarry), Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 15858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maxwell Quarry (Morisson Quarry; Maxwell Brucite Quarry), Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°37'0"N
Longitude: 75°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.616666666667,-75.916666666667

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArtiniteBaryteBruciteCalciteClayCorundumHumiteHydrotalciteLudwigite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteTochiliniteValleriiteVesuvianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O075
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3070
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]056
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395



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