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Locality Name:
Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 535

mindat Locality ID: 185873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cipmyluk Cu-Co Deposit
Deception Bay
Eldor Carbonatite
Lac Aulneau Area
Lac Mistamisk
Payne Bay
Qalluviartuuq Intrusive Complex
Raglan
Tasiat Nepheline Syenite Intrusion
Ungava

Latitude: 59°28'9"N
Longitude: 72°28'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.469166666667,-72.475

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Parisite
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Ullmannite	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb Pd Pt REE Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Parisite
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Titanite Topaz Tridymite Ullmannite Zircon

96 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bafertisite ()*	Barylite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Nd) ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cebaite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Kimzeyite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Magbasite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maslovite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naldrettite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Sanbornite ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Talc ()*
Temagamite ()*	Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Ungavaite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yangzhumingite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1918	1880	4	34864,34870,34877,34878	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	608.4	535	1	34875	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	608.4	535	2	34863,34875	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1918	1918	2	34863,34879	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	34859	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	608.4	535	1	34875	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	34859	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1918	1918	2	34864,34877	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1918	1918	1	34877	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	34872	2060
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂			1	34859	16
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇			1	34859	33
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	34859	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	34859	304
Bastnäsite-(Nd) ()*	Bastnäsite	Nd(CO₃)F			1	34859	4
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	34859	606
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	34858	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1918	535	7	34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875,34877	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	34859,34865	5171
Cebaite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)₅F₂			1	34859	8
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1918	535	11	34857,34863,34865,34866,34867,34870,34871,34875,34877,34878,34879	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1918	1918	2	34877,34878	3902
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	34863	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1918	1918	2	34863,34879	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1918	1880	4	34870,34877,34878,34879	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			2	34859,34865	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	34863	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34864	327
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	608.4	535	1	34875	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	608.4	535	2	34864,34875	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1918	535	7	34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875,34877	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	608.4	535	1	34875	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	34859,34865	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	608.4	535	1	34875	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1918	1880	5	34859,34863,34870,34878,34879	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	34863	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1918	1918	3	34863,34877,34879	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34864	223
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	34864	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	34857,34859,34863,34864	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1918	1918	2	34877,34879	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1918	1880	2	34870,34878	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1918	535	3	34865,34875,34877	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	608.4	535	1	34875	46
Kimzeyite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Zr₂(SiAl₂)O₁₂	608.4	535	1	34875	17
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1880	1880	1	34866	116
Magbasite ()*	None	KBaFe³⁺Mg₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂F₆			1	34859	2
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	608.4	535	2	34859,34875	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1918	535	8	34857,34859,34864,34870,34875,34877,34878,34879	14899
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	1918	1918	1	34878	23
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1918	1880	2	34870,34878	161
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1918	1918	2	34863,34877	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1918	1880	5	34866,34870,34871,34877,34878	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1918	1918	2	34878,34879	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	34859	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	34857,34863	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			2	34859,34865	945
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)			1	34859	26
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1918	1880	2	34870,34878	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	34863	17380
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	1918	1918	1	34879	11
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	34872	884
Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)₂(O,OH)₆			1	34859	6
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	34859	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1918	1880	7	34866,34867,34870,34871,34877,34878,34879	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	608.4	572	1	34875	495
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1918	1918	1	34879	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	577	535	2	34859,34875	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1918	535	7	34857,34859,34863,34865,34870,34875,34877	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	608.4	535	1	34875	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1918	535	8	34866,34867,34870,34871,34875,34877,34878,34879	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1880	535	7	34857,34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	608.4	535	1	34875	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	608.4	535	2	34859,34875	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	34859	353
Sanbornite ()*	None	BaSi₂O₅			1	34859	13
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	608.4	535	1	34875	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	34859	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1918	1880	7	34866,34867,34870,34871,34877,34878,34879	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1918	1918	3	34859,34877,34879	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	608.4	535	1	34875	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	34865	688
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1918	1880	6	34866,34870,34871,34877,34878,34879	46
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	34859	232
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1918	1918	1	34877	3337
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	1918	1880	2	34870,34878	24
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	608.4	535	1	34875	27
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	34872	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	608.4	535	1	34875	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	34865	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1918	1918	2	34877,34878	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1918	1918	1	34877	293
Ungavaite ()*	None	Pd₄Sb₃	1918	1918	1	34879	3
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	34859	939
Yangzhumingite ()*	Mica	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂			1	34859	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	34859,34872	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000501	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000926	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000927	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000928	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000929	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000930	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Michelle_670	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_682	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
EG105_1057_017	1880	1880	1880					Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	47950	Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Raglan	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
Michelle_682	1918	1918	1918		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	47950	Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Raglan	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
Michelle_670	1918	1918	1918		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province			Ni, Cu	204875	Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Expo-Ungava	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
Bradley_2012_077	1782	1778	1780±2	U/Pb		zircon, monazite			280786	Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	[Abloviak Transect]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
Jen_0000501	602	579	602-579	U-Pb		perovskite	Perovskite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains (Abloviak Fjord)	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000926	572	572	572	U-Pb		perovskite	Perovskite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000927	608.4	595.6	602±6.4	U-Pb		perovskite	Perovskite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000928	583.6	578.4	581±2.6	U-Pb		perovskite	Perovskite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000929	577	539	558±19	Ar-Ar		phlogopite	Phlogopite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000930	565	535	550±15	Ar-Ar		phlogopite	Phlogopite		36120	Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Torngat Mountains	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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