Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mauricie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 208152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mauricie, Québec, Canada": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
La Tuque TE
Les Chenaux RCM
Maskinongé RCM
Mékinac RCM
Obedjiwan
Parent
Shawinigan TE
Trois-Rivières TE

Latitude: 47°1'58"N
Longitude: 73°17'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.032777777778,-73.295277777778

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	Allanite	Allargentum	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Geocronite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Allargentum Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Geocronite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Löllingite Lillianite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Staurolite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Wurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fizélyite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Twinnite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1500	1500	1	34665	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	1	34665	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	34667	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	34664,34667	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	34664	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34671	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1500	1500	1	34665	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1500	1500	1	34665	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	34666	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1500	1500	5	34661,34663,34665,34666,34670	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	34659	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1500	1500	1	34665	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1500	1500	1	34665	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1500	1500	1	34665	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	34666	8173
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	1500	1500	1	34665	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	34663	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	34661	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1500	1500	1	34665	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1500	1500	1	34665	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1500	1500	1	34665	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	34666	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	34663	741
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1500	1500	1	34665	251
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	34666	144
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	34666	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1500	1500	1	34665	1507
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1500	1500	1	34665	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	34666	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	34664	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	34666	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1500	1500	1	34665	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1500	1500	3	34664,34665,34667	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	34667	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	34670	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1500	1500	3	34665,34666,34670	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1500	1500	1	34665	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1500	1500	3	34661,34665,34666	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1500	1500	3	34663,34665,34666	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1500	1500	4	34663,34664,34665,34666	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1500	1500	1	34665	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1500	1500	2	34665,34671	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1500	1500	1	34665	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1500	1500	1	34665	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1500	1500	1	34665	978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1500	1500	1	34665	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	34666	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	34666	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1500	1500	2	34665,34666	2562
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	1500	1500	1	34665	16

1 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-00334	1500	1500	Middle Proterozoic										S	16485	Montauban Deposit, Mékinac RCM, Mauricie, Québec, Canada	Montauban	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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