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Locality Name:
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 209876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Kamouraska RCM
La Matapédia RCM
La Mitis RCM
Les Basques RCM
Matane RCM
Rimouski-Neigette RCM
Rivière-du-Loup RCM
Témiscouata RCM

Latitude: 48°6'58"N
Longitude: 68°44'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.116111111111,-68.739166666667

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteFeldsparMarcasiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStannite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Idaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1342878803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1342789052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1034268,34269,34277,34278,34279,34280,34281,34283,34284,3428711547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2134274700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1034268,34274,34277,34278,34279,34280,34281,34283,34284,3428727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2634277,34278,34279,34281,34284,3428727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2334280,34281,342879895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS934268,34269,34277,34278,34279,34281,34283,34284,3428724243
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4134287142
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21342875674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2734268,34274,34277,34278,34281,34284,3428739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81342749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2834268,34269,34274,34278,34280,34281,34283,3428461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS634277,34278,34281,34283,34284,3428721482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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