Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ayer's Cliff Area, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 220909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ayer's Cliff Area, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Memphrémagog RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Autoroute 55 Roadcut
Ayer's Cliff Quarry (Sintra Quarry)

Latitude: 45°11'5"N
Longitude: 72°5'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.184722222222,-72.084722222222

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Sphalerite	Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Brookite Calcite Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Sphalerite Titanite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	34533	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	34533	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	34533	3250
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	34533	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	34533	27770
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	34532	121
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	34533	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	34533	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	34532,34533	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	34533	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	34533	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	34533	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	34533	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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