Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 577
Youngest recorded age at locality: 562

mindat Locality ID: 209916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Caniapiscau RCM
Gagnon Area
La Haute-Côte-Nord RCM
Lac Jeannine Rivière Mouchalagane
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM
Manicouagan RCM
Minganie RCM
Sept-Rivières RCM

Latitude: 51°46'17"N
Longitude: 65°39'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.771388888889,-65.653055555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite
Ullmannite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Britholite-(Y) ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*
Minnesotaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Siderite ()*	Silvialite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*	Temagamite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Sb Si Te Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite
Ullmannite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			9	34447,34458,34462,34463,34466,34468,34471,34472,34475	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	34443	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34475	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	34447	3092
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	34475	28
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	577	562	1	34455	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	34443,34458,34464,34469,34472,34475	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	34447	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	34447	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	34476	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	34475	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	34449	345
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	577	562	1	34455	57
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	577	562	1	34455	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	34475	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	34443	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	34445,34448	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	34447,34458	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	577	562	7	34445,34447,34451,34455,34462,34465,34475	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	577	562	13	34455,34462,34463,34464,34465,34466,34468,34469,34470,34471,34472,34473,34475	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			1	34475	99
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)			1	34443	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	577	562	13	34443,34445,34447,34448,34455,34458,34464,34465,34469,34470,34472,34473,34475	14899
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	34443	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	577	562	1	34455	4924
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	34446,34447,34448	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	34449,34475	5800
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34475	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	34443,34458	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	34475	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	34458,34464,34469,34472,34475	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	34446	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	34443,34458,34475	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	577	562	5	34447,34448,34455,34458,34475	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34447	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	34462,34463	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			2	34462,34463	129
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	34447	6417
Silvialite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(SO₄)			1	34459	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	34475	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			6	34462,34464,34469,34470,34472,34473	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	34447	456
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb			1	34443	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	34447	3337
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃			1	34443	24
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	34475	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	577	562	2	34455,34475	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	34475	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	34475	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	577	562	2	34455,34462	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000494	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000495	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000496	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000917	MAGMATIC STYLE: 30 cm thick dykes.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000494	566	566	566	K-Ar		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000495	577	577	577	Rb-Sr		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000496	562	562	562	Rb-Sr		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000917	569	569	569	K-Ar	biotite	31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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