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:
Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 577
Youngest recorded age at locality: 562

mindat Locality ID: 210921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Tabatière

Latitude: 50°51'0"N
Longitude: 58°58'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.85,-58.980833333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	577	562	1	34455	27770
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	577	562	1	34455	57
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	577	562	1	34455	30
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	577	562	1	34455	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	577	562	1	34455	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	577	562	1	34455	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	577	562	1	34455	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	577	562	1	34455	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	577	562	1	34455	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	577	562	1	34455	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000494	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000495	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000496	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000917	MAGMATIC STYLE: 30 cm thick dykes.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000494	566	566	566	K-Ar		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000495	577	577	577	Rb-Sr		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000496	562	562	562	Rb-Sr		31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons (Mutton Bay) Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000917	569	569	569	K-Ar	biotite	31631	Baie-des-Moutons Syenitic Complex, La Tabatière, Gros-Mécatina, Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada	Baie-Des-Moutons	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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