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Locality Name:
Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 535

mindat Locality ID: 204875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abloviak Fjord
Cross Lake Deposit
Donaldson West Deposit
Katiniq Nickel Deposit (Katinik)
Mesamax Northwest Deposit

Latitude: 60°49'48"N
Longitude: 70°37'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.83,-70.630833333333
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundum
DiamondFeldsparGarnetMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite
Ullmannite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kimzeyite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maslovite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Michenerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)Temagamite  (*)
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Ungavaite  (*)
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)219181918234877,348783419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6608.45351348751022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)608.45351348758803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe19181918134879489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3608.45351348751534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)419181918134877708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS191819181348779052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1918535234875,3487727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21918535434875,34877,34878,3487927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O419181918234877,348783902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8191819181348791756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS19181918334877,34878,34879966
Diamond  (*)DiamondC608.4535134875697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6608.45351348754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21918535234875,348779895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F608.45351348752740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)608.45351348751188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19181918234878,3487924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu19181918234877,3487930554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te19181918234877,34879804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS19181918134878119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31918535234875,348775433
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2608.453513487546
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O12608.453513487517
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)608.45351348751487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41918535434875,34877,34878,3487914899
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe1918191813487823
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As819181918134878161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe219181918134877207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe219181918234877,34878155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe19181918234878,34879114
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)219181918134878133
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb1918191813487911
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S819181918334877,34878,348791512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3608.4572134875495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe219181918134879409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25775351348752273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21918535234875,3487739462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3608.4535134875341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81918535434875,34877,34878,348799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2608.453513487561156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2608.4535134875148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2608.45351348755614
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12608.453513487554
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs219181918334877,34878,34879337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19181918234877,3487921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4608.45351348751934
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb19181918334877,34878,3487946
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2191819181348773337
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe31918191813487824
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2608.453513487527
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O608.45351348754899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)219181918234877,348782562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS19181918134877293
Ungavaite  (*)NonePd4Sb3191819181348793


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000501Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000926MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000927MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000928MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000929MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000930MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Michelle_670Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_670191819181918 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu204875Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaExpo-UngavaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).
Bradley_2012_077178217781780±2U/Pb zircon, monazite     280786Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada[Abloviak Transect]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Jen_0000501602579602-579U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat Mountains (Abloviak Fjord)Ernst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000926572572572U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000927608.4595.6602±6.4U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000928583.6578.4581±2.6U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000929577539558±19Ar-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000930565535550±15Ar-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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