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Locality Name:
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 879
Youngest recorded age at locality: 479

mindat Locality ID: 210932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Domaine-du-Roy RCM
Jonquière
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est RCM
Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM
Maria-Chapdelaine RCM
Saguenay TE
Saint-Ludger-de-Milot

Latitude: 48°46'17"N
Longitude: 71°36'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.771388888889,-71.601944444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatropyrochlore ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kalicinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monticellite ()*	Nahcolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vaterite ()*
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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Stibnite
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

46 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	656	479	1	35027	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	656	479	2	35027,35034	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	35033	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	656	479	1	35027	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	656	479	1	35028	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	656	479	2	35027,35028	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	656	479	2	35027,35028	304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	35021	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	35021	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	656	479	4	35027,35028,35033,35036	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	656	479	2	35027,35028	232
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	656	479	2	35027,35028	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	35033	577
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	35031	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	879	479	4	35027,35028,35030,35033	2740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	879	879	1	35030	18
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	656	479	4	35027,35028,35033,35036	9617
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	None	(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)₂Nb₂O₆F			1	35033	10
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	656	479	1	35027	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	656	479	4	35027,35028,35033,35034	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	879	879	3	35030,35033,35034	5433
Kalicinite ()*	None	KH(CO₃)	656	479	2	35027,35028	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	656	479	4	35027,35028,35033,35034	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	656	479	4	35027,35028,35033,35037	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	656	479	2	35027,35028	945
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	656	479	2	35027,35028	153
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	656	479	2	35027,35028	78
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	879	479	3	35027,35028,35030	884
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	656	479	4	35027,35028,35031,35033	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	656	479	3	35027,35028,35031	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	879	479	4	35027,35028,35030,35031	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	35024,35033,35036,35037	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	35033	5614
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	656	479	2	35027,35028	6417
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	656	479	2	35027,35028	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	656	479	2	35027,35028	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	656	479	2	35027,35028	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	656	479	2	35027,35028	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	656	479	2	35027,35028	2562
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	656	479	2	35027,35028	37
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	35033	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000500	Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000949	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central intrusion and ring dykes or cone sheets surrounded by silicate rocks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, ijolite and fenite.
Jen_0000950	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central intrusion and ring dykes or cone sheets surrounded by silicate rocks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite, nepheline syenite, ijolite and fenite.
Jen_0000997	MAGMATIC STYLE: Sheets within syenites. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline syenite, syenite and fenite.

5 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_0000500	642	642	642	K-Ar		126742	Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada	St-Honoré	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000949	656	629	629-656	K-Ar	whole rock	126742	Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada	St-Honore	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000950	513	479	496±17	K-Ar		126742	Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada	St-Honore	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
ree-00208	656	629	Late Proterozoic-- 629-656 Ma (various)	various		126742	Saint-Honoré Carbonatite Complex, Saint-Honoré, Le Fjord-du-Saguenay RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada	St. Honoré	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
Jen_0000997	879	879	879	K-Ar		257584	Crevier Alkaline Complex, Maria-Chapdelaine RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada	Crevier	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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