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Locality Name:
Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 483
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477

mindat Locality ID: 22834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adstock
East Broughton
Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine
Saint-Julien
Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton)
Thetford Mines

Latitude: 46°7'17"N
Longitude: 71°14'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.121388888889,-71.247222222222

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Sn Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArtiniteAuricuprideBastnäsiteBowieite
BrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCrichtoniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumGyrolite
HydrotalciteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PectolitePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteStilpnomelaneTalcThomsoniteTitaniteTobermorite
VesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

116 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Amesite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)
Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)
Braggite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cabriite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Malanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Miassite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Okenite  (*)Osmium  (*)
Ottrélite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Potarite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)Stichtite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Suolunite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2334374,34390,343953419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1034353,34356,34357,34359,34374,34375,34390,34393,34395,344098803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)134374706
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4234374,3439574
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2234390,344102162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3334374,34375,343951534
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2234366,34374718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44834771034371,34374,34375,34378,34383,34393,34395,34405,34409,34410708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)483477834359,34374,34375,34378,34387,34395,34400,344093250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O48347713440075
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe734378,34379,34393,34395,34401,34403,34405166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21343905509
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F134390304
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4334378,34390,343915516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3483477234403,3440733
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4234379,34403101
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6234390,343911633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2134390700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2483477434361,34364,34374,34400462
Cabriite  (*)NonePd2CuSn13440112
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4834771734363,34365,34366,34374,34375,34378,34381,34384,34390,34391,34395,34396,34404,34405,34406,34409,3441027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1343904979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O234374,34378310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S334378,34390,343915707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2334378,34390,3439127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8134390577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2334360,34390,34391376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44834772734362,34363,34364,34366,34368,34369,34370,34371,34373,34374,34375,34376,34377,34379,34380,34381,34382,34385,34390,34392,34396,34400,34402,34403,34405,34407,344143902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)44834772634356,34357,34359,34362,34366,34367,34374,34377,34378,34383,34384,34387,34393,34395,34396,34397,34398,34399,34400,34404,34405,34406,34409,34410,34411,34413951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8483477534374,34375,34382,34390,344001756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)234374,343951025
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS483477134407124
Copper  (*)CopperCu234378,343793846
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3813439027
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S413440331
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S413440334
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64834771234365,34374,34375,34378,34393,34395,34396,34400,34404,34405,34406,344094135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2434366,34374,34390,344099895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6234378,34395944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)483477434353,34374,34390,344008173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2234392,34403110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1343902740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O234374,34378303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21343669617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS434356,34374,34378,3439024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)234366,343907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13439030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)34834771534361,34363,34365,34372,34374,34375,34378,34381,34393,34395,34400,34403,34404,34405,344091544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1343906890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O134374142
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2634366,34378,34396,34403,34405,34410205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3434353,34374,34378,3439014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O234390,343931689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O234375,34387341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4483477434374,34383,34395,3440087
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31343905433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr134403162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe483477434392,34401,34403,34407128
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61343902228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O134391593
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2483477634373,34379,34392,34401,34403,34407226
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4234374,34395359
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4483477334365,34375,34381311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)434356,34357,34374,343901487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44834772134356,34357,34359,34364,34366,34374,34376,34378,34383,34384,34387,34390,34393,34395,34396,34400,34403,34404,34405,34409,3441014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2434356,34359,34390,3439112537
Malanite  (*)SpinelCu1+(Ir3+Pt4+)S448347713439435
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21343595674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8134374161
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O134395425
Miassite  (*)NoneRh17S1548347713439210
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)334374,34393,343954924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1343901107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2483477434365,34390,34391,343935800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)134390945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1343951508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213439017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O334374,34395,344041236
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O13437471
Osmium  (*)NoneOs134403169
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)213436059
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)734374,34378,34393,34395,34404,34406,34409363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81343901512
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O134391309
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg48347713439225
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2834366,34374,34393,34395,34404,34405,34406,344091898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2534374,34378,34390,34391,3440939462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13438789
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81343599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21134353,34356,34357,34374,34390,34391,34393,34395,34409,34410,3441161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2234374,343905614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O483477134392301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O634374,34378,34395,34404,34405,34406390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1343906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1343905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13439021482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)213440357
Stichtite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13436643
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O134374268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O134390456
Suolunite  (*)NoneCa2Si2O5(OH)2·H2O1343747
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2734356,34359,34378,34390,34391,34410,344133337
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe13440366
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O483477434365,34366,34374,34395452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O334374,34390,343954899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)134374114
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2234378,343902562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21343742718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O134374890
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3134378212
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O134395652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)104834771334362,34363,34365,34372,34373,34374,34375,34381,34395,34396,34400,34403,344091395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31343951247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)134390939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)234390,343955251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)483477434374,34393,34400,344041025



12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-00537483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145319American Chrome Pit, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaAmerican ChromeMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00525483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145305Bennett-Martin Chrome Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaBennett-MartinMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00507483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr9607Caribou Pit (Caribou Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaCaribouMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00509483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr157322Fréchette Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaFréchetteMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00626480480Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145308Gagné Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaGagnéMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00512483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr157319Greenshields Mine (Greenshield Mine; Bergeron Mine; Croteau Mine; Greenshield Extension), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaGreenshieldsMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00526483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145310Huard Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaHuard 1Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00528483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145310Huard Mine, Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaHuard 3Moiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00534483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145313Lambly-Nadeau Mine (Victoria Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaLambly-NadeauMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00506483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr208131Reed-Bélanger Mine (Bélanger Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaReed-BélangerMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00516483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145315Union Mine (Southwark Mine), Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaStandard Asbestos CompanyMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 
podchrome-00523483477Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)       Cr145317Lemelin Mine (Gray Mine), Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, CanadaLemelinMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060917Mine Lac D'Amiante (Lake Asbestos Mine; "LAB Mine"; "Black Lake Mine"), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060917
R110195Broughton Talc Mine (Luzcan Mine; Carrière Rang XV), Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton (West Broughton), Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110195


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