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Locality Name:
Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 22569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Papineau RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boileau
Bowman
Lochaber
Mulgrave-et-Derry
Papineauville
Val-des-Bois

Latitude: 45°45'44"N
Longitude: 75°11'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.762222222222,-75.188888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteBerylBruciteCalciteCeriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetKaoliniteMicaMonaziteNickelineNonePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Faujasite-Na  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1349958803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13498411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181349954286
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2134982462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)534984,34986,34988,34989,3499027770
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)313499547
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4134982951
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)134990498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61349824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21349829895
Faujasite-Na  (*)None(Na,Ca,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O13499010
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1349892740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2234990,349959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13498824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1349917437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1349822812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3234983,3499114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31349885433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41349915591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413498214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1349954924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)134995945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2234989,3499517380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21349831898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2734984,34986,34988,34989,34990,34991,3499339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81349889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2834982,34983,34984,34988,34990,34991,34993,3499561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1349952705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31349951214
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1349951006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1349894899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2234988,349952718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)234988,349955251



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