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Locality Name:
Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 204873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beattie-Donchester Mine
Central Duparquet Mine
Duparquet
Duvan Mine
Hunter Mine
Lyndhurst Mine
Normetal
Roquemaure

Latitude: 48°38'59"N
Longitude: 79°12'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.649722222222,-79.213333333333

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Ottrélite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum
Fluorite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

26 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4000	2500	4	34084,34085,34087,34092	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	2	34088,34092	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	4000	2500	1	34090	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	2	34089,34094	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	1	34092	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	4	34088,34089,34090,34092	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4000	2500	2	34084,34087	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	2	34090,34092	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	4	34084,34085,34087,34089	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4000	2500	1	34094	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4000	2500	2	34084,34087	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4000	2500	1	34090	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4000	2500	1	34092	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4000	2500	6	34084,34087,34088,34089,34092,34094	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4000	2500	1	34092	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4000	2500	2	34084,34087	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	34089	17380
Ottrélite ()*	Chloritoid	Mn²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	4000	2500	1	34092	59
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	8	34084,34085,34087,34088,34089,34090,34092,34094	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	3	34088,34090,34092	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	4	34085,34089,34092,34094	61156
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	4000	2500	1	34090	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4000	2500	1	34092	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	4	34085,34088,34090,34092	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	1	34085	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4000	2500	1	34087	4899

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00308	4000	2500	Archean	256856	Hunter Mine, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Hunter	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00325	4000	2500	Archean	256857	Lyndhurst Mine, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Lyndhurst	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00341	4000	2500	Archean	194599	Normetal Mine (Abana Mine), Normetal, Abitibi-Ouest RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Normetal	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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