Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 186813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bell Allard Mine
Bell Allard South Deposit
Bell Channel Deposit
Equinox Deposit
Garon Lake Mine
Isle-Dieu Mine
Mattagami Lake Mine
New Hosco Mine
Norita East Deposit
Norita Mine
Orchan Mine
Orchan West Deposit
Perseverance Mine
Perseverance West Deposit
Radiore Mine (Radiore No. 2 Mine)
Radiore West Mine (Radiore No. 2 Mine)

Latitude: 49°44'20"N
Longitude: 77°41'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.738888888889,-77.695277777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Hellandite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetradymite

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mattagamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurantimony ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb REE S Sb Si Te Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Epidote Hellandite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrosmalite Rocksalt Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetradymite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

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	2725	2725	1	34845	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2725	2725	1	34845	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2726.1	2724.2	2	34843,34853	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2725	2725	1	34845	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4000	2500	1	34848	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	1	34848	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2725	2725	1	34845	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2725	2725	1	34845	83
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	8	34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2725	2725	1	34845	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2725	2725	1	34845	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2725	2725	1	34843	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4000	2500	3	34845,34846,34849	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	3	34844,34845,34849	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	1	34848	30554
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2725	2725	1	34845	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2725	2725	1	34843	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2725	2725	1	34845	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	7	34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34849,34853	14899
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	2725	2725	1	34845	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	8	34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	2725	2725	1	34845	38
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	2725	2725	1	34845	25
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	8	34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2725	2725	1	34845	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	8	34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2725	2725	1	34845	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	3337
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	2725	2725	1	34845	29
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2725	2725	1	34845	2562

13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00281	2800	2500	Late Archean						186823	Bell Allard Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bell Allard	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00282	2720	2720	Archean					S	186823	Bell Allard Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bell Allard South	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00283	2600	2600	Archean					S	186815	Bell Channel Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Bell Channel	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00305	2725	2725	Archean					S	186817	Garon Lake Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Garon Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00311	4000	2500	Archean						186826	Isle-Dieu Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Isle Dieu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00328	2725	2725	Archean					S	579	Mattagami Lake Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Mattagami Lake	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00337	2725	2725	Archean					S	186819	New Hosco Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	New Hosco	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00340	4000	2500	Archean						186820	Norita Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Norita	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00343	4000	2500	Archean						186827	Orchan Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Orchan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
EG109_89-00001	2725.6	2724.2	2724.9±0.7	U-Pb	zircon	OR-01-32 (z9913)	Zircon		186828	Orchan West Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Orchan West deposit	Ross et al. (2014)	10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89	EG109_89
vms-00344	2800	2800	Archean					S	186828	Orchan West Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Orchan West	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
EG109_89-00002	2726.1	2724.7	2725.4±0.7	U-Pb	zircon	EQ-00-41 (z9625)	Zircon		186829	Perseverance Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Persévérance mine, Équinoxe lens	Ross et al. (2014)	10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89	EG109_89
vms-00347	2800	2500	Late Archean						186829	Perseverance Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Perseverance	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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