Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 207911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°41'0"N
Longitude: 78°57'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.683333333333,-78.95

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Jalpaite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Jalpaite Marcasite Mica
None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4000	2500	2793
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4000	2500	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4000	2500	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	4000	2500	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4000	2500	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	30554
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	4000	2500	116
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4000	2500	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	4000	2500	192
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	4000	2500	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4000	2500	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4000	2500	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	4000	2500	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4000	2500	5251

2 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
	vms-00295	4000	2500	Archean											207911	Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Detour A-1	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00296	4000	2500	Archean											207911	Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Detour B	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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