Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Laurentides, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 121
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 209852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laurentides, Québec, Canada": 72
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Antoine-Labelle RCM
Argenteuil RCM
Deux-Montagnes RCM
La Rivière-du-Nord RCM
Les Laurentides RCM
Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM
Mirabel TE
Thérèse-de-Blainville RCM

Latitude: 45°57'31"N
Longitude: 74°32'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.958611111111,-74.543888888889

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBrucite
BurbankiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteDiaspore
EttringiteFairchilditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGismondineHarmotomeHeulanditeHumite
HydrotalciteKaoliniteKieseriteMarcasiteMeliliteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteMordeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineParisitePectolitePerovskitePrehnitePumpellyitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite
StilbiteTalcThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon
Zirconolite

121 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Alabandite  (*)
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Aspidolite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)
Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)
Cowlesite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)
Fluorellestadite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Halite  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kimzeyite  (*)Latrappite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nacrite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Neighborite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Niocalite  (*)Nyerereite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pargasite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rasvumite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Shortite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zirconolite  (*)
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)2334580,34581,346473419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612190334616,34617,346211022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O612190234616,34617286
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O712190334617,34618,3462650
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS12190234616,34619312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12190434594,34616,34642,346448803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31346352353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12190434613,34616,34619,346261627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21346262162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O1219013461692
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312190334616,34617,346201534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)234587,346441036
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)212190134616295
Aspidolite  (*)Mica ClayNaMg3(Si3Al)O10(OH)213458611
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612190534587,34616,34617,34619,346442060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2134586238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12190434609,34616,34621,3462311547
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)12190434616,34619,34620,34621115
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)212190434580,34581,34599,34616462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O13458532
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)51219013461652
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)121902834580,34581,34586,34587,34591,34594,34595,34597,34600,34601,34602,34603,34608,34609,34612,34613,34616,34617,34619,34621,34623,34626,34632,34635,34641,34642,34647,3464927770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O12190234616,34619232
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)412190234616,3461913
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O334595,34608,34613310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212190234616,3461727198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2234580,34581285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4234580,34581951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2134587236
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O13461333
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O13461384
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)234594,34613498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6121901434580,34581,34586,34594,34595,34597,34599,34601,34608,34612,34613,34616,34635,346424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212190734586,34587,34599,34609,34616,34619,346239895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)134647648
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6334587,34635,34636944
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O134613138
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F121901234587,34594,34595,34599,34602,34609,34616,34617,34619,34620,34621,346472740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O234594,34595303
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F12190334616,34617,3462118
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F1219013461633
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212190534591,34594,34608,34609,346169617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12190434586,34587,34616,346171188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12190334599,34616,3462124243
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O13461366
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1346097437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O12190134616167
Graphite  (*)NoneC1434580,34581,34587,34594,34595,34596,34599,34601,34602,34632,34635,34636,34642,346472812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312190434594,34602,34616,346261544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl121901346161398
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O134613290
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)12190234616,34619158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312190434579,34616,34619,3463014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O412190234616,34619407
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O234608,34613246
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312190634586,34616,34635,34637,34638,346445433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6121901346162228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412190234616,346305591
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O121219013461617
Latrappite  (*)PerovskiteCa2NbFe3+O612190334616,34617,346212
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1346131271
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4234587,34598359
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O412190134616229
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O41219013461698
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12190434586,34589,34599,346161487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4121901334587,34595,34616,34617,34619,34620,34621,34626,34630,34635,34637,34638,3464414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2234595,346235674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)434587,34594,34597,34603176
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O234608,34613425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)121901034580,34594,34595,34609,34616,34620,34626,34635,34642,346474924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O12190134616223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21345955800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)12190334616,34637,34638945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)12190434616,34617,34619,34621153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2634580,34581,34594,34595,34634,3463517380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4134623112
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)1219013461678
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12190234616,346191236
Neighborite  (*)PerovskiteNaMgF31219013461617
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)12190234616,34619884
Niocalite  (*)WöhleriteCa7Nb(Si2O7)2O3F12190234616,346173
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)21219013461618
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12190334616,34635,346442349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2234586,34587313
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F212190134616112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)12190234594,34616363
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO12190134616114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO312190534616,34617,34619,34621,34626495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2121901334586,34587,34594,34595,34599,34600,34601,34608,34613,34616,34617,34621,346472273
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)21219013461651
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2234594,346131898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O134595106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2121901934587,34591,34594,34595,34599,34608,34613,34616,34617,34619,34621,34623,34626,34635,34636,34637,34638,34642,3464739462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O234587,3459989
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812190834594,34595,34616,34617,34635,34636,34638,346479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2121901634580,34587,34591,34594,34599,34601,34605,34608,34616,34620,34623,34630,34635,34642,34644,3464761156
Rasvumite  (*)CubaniteKFe2S31219013461619
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)212190234616,34621148
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O234635,34638293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212190534609,34616,34635,34637,346385614
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)31219013461637
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)121901346166417
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl12190134616444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12190534599,34609,34616,34623,3463521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4234586,345871934
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O134613268
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)12190134616589
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl12190134616275
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F12190134616232
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O234635,34636139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21345993337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O134595183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O12190434608,34613,34616,34619452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O121901534587,34594,34595,34599,34601,34608,34613,34616,34626,34635,34637,34638,34641,34642,346474899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212190634580,34581,34587,34597,34616,346342562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012190834594,34601,34611,34616,34619,34640,34642,346471395
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O12190234616,3461973
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)41219013461683
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312190734592,34594,34595,34601,34616,34642,346471247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)734587,34594,34595,34601,34608,34609,346345251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O712190134617140



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000728MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.
Jen_0000729MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.
Jen_0000730MAGMATIC STYLE: Two overlapping massive plugs and concentrations of dykes or cone sheets. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Okaite-jacupirangite (melilitolite-pyroxenite), and ijolite series rocks; lamprophyre dykes and fenite.


4 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
Jen_0000728117117117K-Ar whole rock     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000729121107114±7K-Ar biotite     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00007301009095±5Rb-Sr biotite     604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00212117117117 Ma, average (K-Ar)K-Ar       604Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, CanadaOkaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189average


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060061Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060061
R100108Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100108
R060151Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060151
FKM-41Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-41
FKM-55Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-55
FKM-56Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-56
FKM-57Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-57
R130281Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130281
R130037Bond Zone (Quebec Columbium Ltd. And Columbium Mining Products Properties), Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130037
R110198St Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110198
R110178St Lawrence Columbium Mine, Oka Complex, Oka, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110178
R120025Saint-Sauveur Graphite Occurrence, Saint-Sauveur, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120025
R120016Saint-Sauveur Graphite Occurrence, Saint-Sauveur, Les Pays-d'en-Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120016


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