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Locality Name:
Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 121
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 185872
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185872.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oka Complex

Latitude: 45°30'32"N
Longitude: 74°2'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.508888888889,-74.048611111111
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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBruciteBurbankiteCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteFairchilditeFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
KaoliniteMeliliteMicaMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneOlivineParisitePectolite
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsonite
TitaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZirconolite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Brucite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Grossular  (*)Halite  (*)Haüyne  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kimzeyite  (*)Latrappite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Nahcolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Neighborite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Niocalite  (*)
Nyerereite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rasvumite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Shortite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wairakite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612190334616,34617,346211022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O612190234616,34617286
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O712190234617,3461850
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS12190234616,34619312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)121901346168803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12190234616,346191627
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O1219013461692
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312190334616,34617,346201534
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)212190134616295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612190334616,34617,346192060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12190234616,3462111547
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)12190434616,34619,34620,34621115
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)212190134616462
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)51219013461652
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12190434616,34617,34619,3462127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O12190234616,34619232
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)412190234616,3461913
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212190234616,3461727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6121901346164135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212190234616,346199895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12190534616,34617,34619,34620,346212740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F12190334616,34617,3462118
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F1219013461633
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2121901346169617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12190234616,346171188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12190234616,3462124243
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O12190134616167
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3121901346161544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl121901346161398
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)12190234616,34619158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312190234616,3461914640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O412190234616,34619407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3121901346165433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6121901346162228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4121901346165591
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O121219013461617
Latrappite  (*)PerovskiteCa2NbFe3+O612190334616,34617,346212
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O412190134616229
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O41219013461698
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)121901346161487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412190534616,34617,34619,34620,3462114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12190234616,346204924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O12190134616223
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)12190134616945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)12190434616,34617,34619,34621153
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)1219013461678
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12190234616,346191236
Neighborite  (*)PerovskiteNaMgF31219013461617
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)12190234616,34619884
Niocalite  (*)WöhleriteCa7Nb(Si2O7)2O3F12190234616,346173
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)21219013461618
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)121901346162349
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F212190134616112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)12190134616363
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO12190134616114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO312190434616,34617,34619,34621495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212190334616,34617,346212273
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)21219013461651
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212190434616,34617,34619,3462139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812190234616,346179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212190234616,3462061156
Rasvumite  (*)CubaniteKFe2S31219013461619
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)212190234616,34621148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2121901346165614
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)31219013461637
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)121901346166417
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl12190134616444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1219013461621482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)12190134616589
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl12190134616275
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F12190134616232
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O12190234616,34619452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O121901346164899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2121901346162562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012190234616,346191395
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O12190234616,3461973
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)41219013461683
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3121901346161247
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O712190134617140


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000728MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.
Jen_0000729MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.
Jen_0000730MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.


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
Jen_0000728117117117K-Ar whole rock     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000729121107114±7K-Ar biotite     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00007301009095±5Rb-Sr biotite     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00212117117117 Ma, average (K-Ar)K-Ar       604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189average

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060061Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060061
R100108Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100108
R060151Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060151
FKM-41Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-41
FKM-55Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-55
FKM-56Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-56
FKM-57Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-57
R130281Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130281
R130037Bond Zone (Quebec Columbium Ltd. And Columbium Mining Products Properties), Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130037
R110198St Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110198
R110178St Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110178

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