Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 544
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 192662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gayhurst/Dorset Molybdenum Deposit (Copperstream Frontenac-Zone Sud)
Marlow Township
Mont Mégantic
Mont Saint-Sebastien
Saint-Ludger
Saint-Robert-Bellarmin
Stratford

Latitude: 45°42'15"N
Longitude: 70°54'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.704166666667,-70.9025

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	Analcime	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

42 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	34482	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	485	444	1	34490	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	34482	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	444	1	34490	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	34482	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	485	444	1	34490	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	34485	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	2	34487,34490	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	485	444	1	34490	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	544	444	4	34480,34487,34490,34491	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	34482	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	34487	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	34485	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	34482	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	34485	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	544	444	4	34487,34488,34490,34491	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	34482	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	34485	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	2	34487,34490	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	444	1	34490	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	485	444	1	34490	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	34482,34485	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	34482	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	34482	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	34482,34487	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	544	544	2	34482,34491	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	485	444	3	34480,34487,34490	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	34482	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	34482	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	544	444	6	34480,34485,34487,34488,34490,34491	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	34480,34487	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	6	34480,34481,34482,34485,34487,34490	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	34485,34487	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			3	34481,34487,34488	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	34485	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	544	544	1	34491	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	544	444	3	34487,34490,34491	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	1	34490	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	544	444	2	34490,34491	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	544	444	2	34490,34491	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	34482	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	34482	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00292	485	444	Ordovician											131315	Cupra Mine (Mine Cupra-d'Estrie), Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Cupra D'Estrie	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00354	544	544	Ordovician										S	209909	Solbec Mine, Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Solbec	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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