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Locality Name:
Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 588
Youngest recorded age at locality: 470

mindat Locality ID: 185874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bel Horizon Quarry (Carrière Bel Horizon; Carrière DJL)
Capelton Mines (Capel Mine; Albert Mines; Wheal Betsy)
Eustis Mine (Crown Mine; Hartford Mine; Lower Canada Mine; Orford Mine)

Latitude: 45°19'52"N
Longitude: 71°55'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.331111111111,-71.919722222222

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCubanite
DevillineDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteVivianiteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4704701345278803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)447047013452774
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24704701345273092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2470470134527718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4704701345279052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13452511547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6588470234526,345271633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)470470234525,3452727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2588470234526,3452727198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3470470134527802
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O588588134526366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21345259895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4704701345278173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS47047013452724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1345257437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313452514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413452514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24704701345275674
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O588470234526,34527309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2588470334525,34526,3452739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84704701345279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2470470234525,3452761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24704701345275614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1345256417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS47047013452721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134704701345271803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134704701345275317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4704701345274899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O470470134527636



2 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
vms-00273588588Ordovician       S156939Capelton Mines (Capel Mine; Albert Mines; Wheal Betsy), Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, CanadaAlbertMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00302470470Ordovician       S156937Eustis Mine (Crown Mine; Hartford Mine; Lower Canada Mine; Orford Mine), Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, CanadaEustisMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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