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Locality Name:
La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 204871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Haute-Gaspésie RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Marsoui
Mont Lyall Agate Mine
Mont McGerrigle Alkaline Complex
Mont-Albert
Sullipek Mine (Pekan Mine)

Latitude: 48°56'5"N
Longitude: 66°'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.934722222222,-66.003611111111

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 Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteAstrophylliteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteCancrinite-sodalite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
MilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSapphirineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteVivianiteWurtzite
WöhleriteZircon

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gaspéite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Götzenite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)21345573419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61345541022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6134554286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]134554133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)234554,345588803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)134557706
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1345522734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21345573092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O134559445
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2134554295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1345529052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F134554161
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21345575509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13455811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6134552413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4234557,345605516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31345521089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb134557175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)434553,34556,34557,3456027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2434556,34557,34558,3456027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8134557577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41345593902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS134557966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181345571008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1345574165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3134557802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1345571027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61345574135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16134557300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2334556,34558,345599895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)234557,345608173
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2134554182
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21345549617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS334552,34556,3455724243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)13455922
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1345527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13455230554
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F213455427
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2134559205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3234556,3455814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1345561689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61345561066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3234554,345575433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4134557249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2134557762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1345591487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4334554,34558,3456014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213455712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21345565674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8134559161
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O134552915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)234554,345574924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1345591066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21345605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213455717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)134554884
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs234557,34559633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS134559767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs213455752
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)134554363
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4134559131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2434552,34556,34558,3456039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3134554244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8334552,34557,345609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2534553,34556,34557,34558,3456061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2134557233
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F413455442
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21345575614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2134557317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1345526417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1345562473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl134554444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS434552,34556,34557,3456021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13334552,34556,345575317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1345544899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21345572562
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)413455483
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1345545251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1345571025



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