Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Serpentinite, Marbridge No. 1 Mine, Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2719
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2710

mindat Locality ID: 204134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serpentinite, Marbridge No. 1 Mine, Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Hydrotalcite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Serpentine
Spinel

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Hydrotalcite Nickeline None Pentlandite Serpentine
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Stichtite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2719	2710	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2719	2710	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2719	2710	8173
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2719	2710	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2719	2710	1512
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2719	2710	9056
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	43

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_679	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

1 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
	Michelle_679	2719	2710	2719-2710		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province					Yes			Ni, Cu	206747	Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Marbridge	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).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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