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Locality Name:
La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2641
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2637

mindat Locality ID: 207731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
La Corne Mine
Massberyl Occurrence
Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine
Valor Lithium Occurrence

Latitude: 48°22'6"N
Longitude: 77°55'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.368333333333,-77.916944444444
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 Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Nb O P S Si Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTitanite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petalite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1826412637434058,34059,34060,340614286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26412637234058,340601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S326412637234058,340601935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26412637234058,3406027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226412637234058,3406027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26412637234058,340608173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F264126371340582740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226412637234058,340609617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32641263713405814640
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)22641263713406042
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226412637334058,34059,340605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213405917380
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10134061124
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O134061140
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)626412637134060121
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)26412637134058494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22641263713405839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8264126371340589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226412637234059,3406061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2264126371340585614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)264126371340584894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3264126371340601214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2641263713406021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O626412637234060,34061688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O264126371340604899


2 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
Bradley_2012_010264126372639±2U/Pb monazite     68226Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaQuebec Lithium Corp.McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Kristen002495264126372639±2  monazite  Yes  18981Preissac Mine (Indian Mine), Preissac, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaPreissac-LacorneTkachev (2011)10, 1144/SP350,2GSLSP350_7 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120010Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120010
R110165Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110165
R130004Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130004

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