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Locality Name:
La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 346

mindat Locality ID: 209858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mine Petit Gaspé (Mine Du Cap De Petit Gaspé)
Murdochville

Latitude: 48°53'17"N
Longitude: 64°52'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.888055555556,-64.883055555556
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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelSulphurTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)23503461345493419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3503461345498803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3503461345491588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3503461345499052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23503461345495509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3503461345491966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43503461345495516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63503461345491633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)350346234547,3454927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1345474979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3503461345495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2350346234547,3454927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3503461345493531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3503461345491025
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3350346134549802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63503461345494135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23503461345499895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3503461345498173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O350346134549303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23503461345499617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350346234547,3454924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3503461345497437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33503461345491544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6350346134549741
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2134547201
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3503461345491271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435034613454914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235034613454912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23503461345495800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3503461345491508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235034613454917380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23503461345492273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235034613454939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83503461345499056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235034613454961156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)350346134549598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3503461345494894
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe350346134549143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS350346234547,3454921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133503461345491803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3503461345491101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23503461345492562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33503461345491247


1 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
PorphCu-00038350346350–346      Anhydrite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, TremoliteCu11307Gaspé Copper Mine (Gaspé Mine; Copper Mountain Mine; Needle Mountain Mine), Murdochville, La Côte-de-Gaspé RCM, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, CanadaGaspéSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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