Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bachelor Lake Kimberlites, Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2716
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2714

mindat Locality ID: 211926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bachelor Lake Kimberlites, Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Mica None Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2716	2714	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2716	2714	27770
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2716	2714	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2716	2714	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2716	2714	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2716	2714	2273

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
	PorphCu-00001	2716	2714	2716–2714							Yes		Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite	Cu	586	Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Chibougamau	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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