Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 211060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bois-Franc
Cascades-Malignes
Cresthill
Gracefield
Lac-Pythonga
Lac-Sainte-Marie (Lac Ste Marie)
Montcerf-Lytton

Latitude: 46°6'38"N
Longitude: 75°54'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.110555555556,-75.914444444444

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	Andalusite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Heulandite	Humite	Kornerupine	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stilbite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Allanite-(La) ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prismatine ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 B C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Dumortierite Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Heulandite Humite Kornerupine Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Stilbite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

38 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
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	34900	25
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34922	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	34922	1310
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	6	34905,34910,34911,34915,34919,34922	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	34920	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	5	34905,34910,34911,34913,34916	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	34922	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	7	34905,34910,34911,34915,34919,34922,34924	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	2	34911,34915	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			1	34922	231
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1600	1000	4	34905,34910,34911,34915	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	5	34903,34905,34910,34911,34915	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	34903,34915,34916	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	34903	717
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	34920	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	34922	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	34922	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	34904,34915	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	34904,34915,34916	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	34903	915
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	34920	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	34909	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1600	1000	2	34904,34922	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1600	1000	5	34901,34905,34910,34911,34916	2273
Prismatine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Al,Fe)₆Al₄(Si,Al)₄(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)₂₂			1	34922	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	6	34903,34905,34910,34911,34915,34922	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1600	1000	8	34903,34905,34910,34911,34912,34913,34915,34916	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	3	34910,34915,34922	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	34903	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	34922	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1600	1000	1	34904	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	34905,34922	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	8	34903,34905,34910,34911,34912,34913,34915,34916	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			5	34904,34906,34913,34915,34916	1934
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			2	34919,34920	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	34919,34924	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	3	34903,34910,34911	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	34898,34922	5251

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
	sedznpb-00101	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic											203544	Lafontaine Deposit, Maniwaki-Gracefield District, Gracefield, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Lafontaine/Lietch	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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