Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 544
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 210892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cupra Mine (Mine Cupra-d'Estrie)
Solbec Mine

Latitude: 45°47'13"N
Longitude: 71°17'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.786944444444,-71.298055555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Gypsum	Harmotome	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderotil ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Gypsum Harmotome Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite

19 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)	485	444	1	34490	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	485	444	1	34490	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	485	444	1	34490	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	1	34490	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	485	444	1	34490	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	544	444	2	34490,34491	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	544	444	2	34490,34491	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	1	34490	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	444	1	34490	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	485	444	1	34490	290
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	544	544	1	34491	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	485	444	1	34490	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	544	444	2	34490,34491	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	1	34490	61156
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	544	544	1	34491	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	544	444	2	34490,34491	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	1	34490	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	544	444	2	34490,34491	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	544	444	2	34490,34491	5317

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
	vms-00292	485	444	Ordovician											131315	Cupra Mine (Mine Cupra-d'Estrie), Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Cupra D'Estrie	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
	vms-00354	544	544	Ordovician										S	209909	Solbec Mine, Stratford, Le Granit RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Solbec	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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