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Locality Name:
New Calumet Mines, 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: 16931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16931.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Calumet Mines, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°42'1"N
Longitude: 76°40'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.700277777778,-76.677222222222
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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGypsumMarcasiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1500150001588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1500150009052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215001500027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1600100001025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61600100004135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1600100002740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15001500024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1500150006890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416001000014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21500150005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215001500039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81500150009056
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51600100001516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1600100005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15001500021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131500150005317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1600100004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21600100002562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1600100005251


4 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
MT2012_Lariviere_0002111010901100 ± 10U-Pbunit cuts host rockzircon  YesZircon  14034Renprior Mine (Renfrew Zinc Deposit), Admaston Township, Renfrew Co., Ontario, CanadaRenprior MineLariveire (2012) MT2012_LariviereChenaux gabbro which crosscuts the marble belt was dated at about 1100 Ma (Lumbers, 1982).
MT2012_Lariviere_00011235.91229.31232 +3.9/-2.7U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  146448L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, CanadaCalumet MineLariveire (2012) MT2012_LariviereThis age is Mesoproterozoic and refines the age bracket of the Grenville Supergroup marbles of the Bryson-Renfrew area
sedznpb-0011716001000Mesoproterozoic        16931New Calumet Mines, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, CanadaNew CalumetSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
vms-0033615001500Middle Proterozoic       S16931New Calumet Mines, L'Île-du-Grand-Calumet (Calumet Island), Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, CanadaNew CalumetMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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