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Locality Name:
Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 210681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bonsecours
Bonsecours (Lawrenceville)
Richmond
Saint-Cyr
Saint-Nicéphore
St-Denis-de-Brompton
Windsor (Richmond)

Latitude: 45°34'14"N
Longitude: 72°12'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.570555555556,-72.200833333333

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Millerite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Titanite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pecoraite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Millerite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane
Titanite Vivianite

45 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)	541	444	4	34506,34510,34512,34513	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	541	444	1	34510	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	34512	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	541	444	1	34510	1534
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	541	444	1	34510	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	444	1	34510	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	34504,34508	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	34512	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	3	34508,34510,34512	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	34504	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	34504,34512	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			2	34512,34513	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	541	444	2	34506,34510	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	34504	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	541	444	1	34510	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	34504	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	541	444	2	34506,34510	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	444	1	34510	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	541	444	1	34510	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	34512	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	483	477	1	34506	1188
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	541	444	1	34510	40
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	34504	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	541	444	1	34510	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	483	477	1	34506	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	34504	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	483	477	2	34506,34512	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	483	477	1	34506	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	444	4	34499,34506,34510,34512	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	34504	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	541	444	1	34510	161
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	541	444	1	34510	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	541	444	1	34510	1066
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	34512	2349
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	444	1	34510	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	541	444	2	34506,34510	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	2	34506,34510	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	34499,34508,34512	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	483	477	1	34506	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	34501,34503,34504,34508,34512,34513	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	483	477	1	34506	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	34512	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	34512	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	444	1	34510	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	483	477	1	34506	1025

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00513	483	477	Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)										Cr	244593	Sterrett Mine, Saint-Cyr, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Sterrett	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	vms-00285	541	444	Cambrian-Ordovician											210909	St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Brompton	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-159	Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-159
R060898	Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060898

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