Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sigma Mine (Sigma No. 1 Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 22946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sigma Mine (Sigma No. 1 Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°6'5"N
Longitude: 77°45'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.101388888889,-77.754722222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Titanite

Aurostibite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Marcasite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	4000	2500	73
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	4000	2500	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	2500	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4000	2500	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	4000	2500	54
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	4000	2500	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	2500	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	2500	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4000	2500	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	4000	2500	767
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	4000	2500	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	2500	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4000	2500	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4000	2500	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4000	2500	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4000	2500	4899

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
vms-00299	2715	2715	Archean		Yes	S	10867	East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	East Sullivan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00324	2704	2704	Late Archean		Yes	S	257046	Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Louvicourt	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
Jen_0001446	4000	2500	Archean	age of mineralization			22946	Sigma Mine (Sigma No. 1 Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Sigma Au Mine	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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