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:
St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 210909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Orford Nickel Mine

Latitude: 45°24'59"N
Longitude: 72°7'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.416388888889,-72.122777777778

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Millerite None Pentlandite Prehnite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Vivianite

21 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	1	34510	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	541	444	1	34510	706
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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	1	34510	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	541	444	1	34510	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	541	444	1	34510	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	541	444	1	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
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	541	444	1	34510	40
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	541	444	1	34510	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	444	1	34510	14899
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
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	541	444	1	34510	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	541	444	1	34510	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	1	34510	1898
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	444	1	34510	2562

1 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-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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