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Locality Name:
Cross Quarry, Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 19871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cross Quarry, Chelsea, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°35'57"N
Longitude: 75°53'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.599166666667,-75.887222222222
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 B C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGadoliniteHumiteHydrotalciteLudwigite
NatroliteNickelineNonePerovskitePrehnitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTochilinite
Vesuvianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydrotalcite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3070
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]056
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)20109


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