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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Latulipe-et-Gaboury, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2724
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2664

mindat Locality ID: 210680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Latulipe-et-Gaboury, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lorraine Mine (Lorraine-Hinterland Mine)

Latitude: 48°21'19"N
Longitude: 78°56'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.355277777778,-78.936666666667

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeGypsumMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6272426641342511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2724266413425127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22724266413425127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2724266413425124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)272426641342517437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O272426641342516890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42724266413425114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2272426641342515674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8272426641342511512
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O27242664134251309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22724266413425139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8272426641342519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22724266413425161156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O27242664134251293
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)2724266413425177
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2724266413425121482
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427242664134251380



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_675Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


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
Michelle_675272426642694±30 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu14937Lorraine Mine (Lorraine-Hinterland Mine), Latulipe-et-Gaboury, Témiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLorraineHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).


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