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Locality Name:
Caniapiscau RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 209917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caniapiscau RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blue Lake Deposit
Fermont
Schefferville

Latitude: 54°12'19"N
Longitude: 66°39'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.205277777778,-66.659444444444

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparNickelineNone
PentlanditeQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelStilpnomelaneTalcUllmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Sudburyite  (*)Talc  (*)Temagamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1344478803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe134443489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21344473092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213444327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8134447577
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21344479895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13444324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)234445,344487437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1344472812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3234445,3444714640
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)134443116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4434443,34445,34447,3444814899
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe134443114
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2334446,34447,3444861
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81344431512
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21344463106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81344439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2234447,3444861156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2134447375
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1344476417
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O134447456
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb13444346
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21344473337
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe313444324



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