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Locality Name:
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: 22958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Avocalon Mine (Aurora Mine)
Beaufor Mine
Blair-Martyn Mine
Bruell Mine
Croinor Pershing Mine
Malartic
Regcourt Mine
Réservoir-Dozois
Smith Tiblemont Mine
South Tiblemont Mine
Tiblemont Island Mine
Val D'Or
Wood-Etcheverry Mine

Latitude: 48°6'14"N
Longitude: 77°20'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.103888888889,-77.336944444444

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBrochantite
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsumHumiteKaolinite
KieseriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapolite
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteTalcTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteWollastoniteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dumortierite  (*)Edenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Ferro-pargasite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Garronite-Ca  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Grunerite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Knorringite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderotil  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tugtupite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S400025001341422793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)227152704534118,34131,34137,34145,341573419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27152704634113,34134,34136,34137,34145,341478803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)134104706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31341132353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe27152704234104,34121489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1341131627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21341132162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5271527041341391310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)327152704234113,341181534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)271527041341211588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)227152704234104,341363092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1341131036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)440002500134138246
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S82715270413411867
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS400025001234106,34108,34110,34125,34128,34137,34141,34142,34146,34147,34160,341619052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61341132060
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb240002500234137,3415573
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13410411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181341054286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31341011935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS427152704234120,341505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6400025001341521633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe240002500534104,34121,34136,34140,34155361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40002500934104,34113,34136,34137,34140,34142,34145,34155,3415727770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O40002500134138925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S400025001341385707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400025004434098,34100,34102,34103,34104,34105,34106,34109,34110,34113,34114,34116,34118,34119,34120,34121,34122,34123,34125,34128,34129,34130,34131,34132,34134,34136,34137,34138,34140,34141,34142,34143,34144,34145,34146,34149,34150,34152,34154,34155,34157,34159,34161,3416327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8134113577
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2134113285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O427152704234113,341373902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81341131756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)271527041341451025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS40002500234118,34138966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe27152704134118169
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31341131797
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2134113327
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)134113481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61341134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227152704334113,34136,341379895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1827152704134139231
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2134113160
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6134113944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40002500934104,34113,34118,34121,34129,34131,34139,34145,341558173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2134113271
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)24000250013415554
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F234104,341132740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF227152704434103,34104,34113,341369617
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe24000250013415540
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS400025002034098,34102,34103,34104,34105,34106,34107,34109,34113,34119,34128,34134,34136,34138,34141,34142,34145,34155,34157,3415924243
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O13411366
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1341137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu400025005734096,34098,34099,34100,34102,34103,34104,34105,34106,34107,34108,34109,34110,34111,34114,34115,34116,34118,34119,34120,34121,34122,34123,34124,34125,34127,34129,34130,34131,34132,34133,34134,34136,34137,34140,34141,34142,34143,34144,34145,34146,34147,34148,34149,34150,34151,34152,34153,34154,34155,34156,34157,34158,34159,34160,34161,3416330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC234105,341132812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31341131544
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)227152704134125223
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS27152704134137170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27152704434104,34113,34121,341366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1341131398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6134113741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te327152704134118104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3534099,34104,34105,34109,3411314640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te27152704534104,34118,34128,34130,34136804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O340002500534104,34113,34137,34155,341615433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2134113179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41341135591
Knorringite  (*)GarnetMg3Cr2(SiO4)31341134
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe827152704134136111
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO427152704234113,341391507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27152704134118451
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)213411380
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1341131487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4271527041234104,34105,34109,34110,34113,34118,34121,34131,34136,34146,34154,3415714899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)313411324
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24000250013415212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227152704234113,341255674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)134113176
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe227152704234104,34145207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1341134924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS240002500934103,34104,34105,34107,34110,34118,34138,34145,341595800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)234104,34113945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1341131508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2400025001134102,34104,34108,34113,34119,34136,34139,34150,34154,34155,3415717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1341131236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)134113884
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6134113229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1341132349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS40002500134155767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S827152704534107,34118,34125,34134,341371512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3134113495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe240002500734104,34109,34121,34136,34155,34157,34159409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21341132273
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6134113303
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS340002500134142733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3400025001341421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400025005734096,34098,34099,34100,34102,34103,34104,34105,34106,34107,34108,34109,34110,34111,34113,34114,34115,34116,34118,34119,34120,34121,34122,34123,34124,34125,34127,34128,34129,34130,34131,34132,34133,34134,34136,34137,34138,34140,34141,34142,34143,34144,34145,34146,34148,34149,34150,34151,34152,34153,34154,34155,34157,34159,34160,34161,3416339462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3134113341
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)227152704134139771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8400025003034100,34102,34104,34105,34107,34109,34110,34113,34118,34122,34125,34128,34129,34131,34134,34136,34137,34140,34141,34145,34146,34149,34150,34152,34154,34155,34157,34159,34161,341639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2400025005034096,34098,34099,34100,34103,34104,34105,34107,34108,34109,34111,34113,34114,34115,34116,34119,34120,34121,34122,34123,34124,34129,34131,34132,34133,34134,34136,34137,34138,34139,34140,34142,34144,34145,34147,34148,34149,34150,34151,34152,34153,34154,34155,34156,34157,34158,34159,34160,34161,3416361156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O27152704134119293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2400025001134103,34104,34105,34113,34136,34138,34139,34145,34146,34155,341575614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)134113598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)400025001434103,34104,34105,34117,34121,34127,34136,34149,34150,34154,34155,34156,34157,341594894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1341132705
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O40002500234138,3415284
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51341131516
Silver  (*)CopperAg400025001341425186
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl134113444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400025002534099,34104,34105,34107,34109,34114,34115,34118,34119,34124,34125,34128,34131,34134,34136,34137,34138,34141,34142,34145,34146,34152,34155,34157,3415921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41341131934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)134113978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S340002500234137,341553418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4134109337
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O27152704134119139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227152704334113,34136,341453337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te327152704634118,34121,34130,34136,34140,34159276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13400025001341421803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S27152704934115,34116,34130,34136,34144,34149,34150,34154,34157510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13400025001341425317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O40002500534103,34104,34113,34136,341554899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21341132562
Tugtupite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4BeAlSi4O12Cl13411312
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3134113212
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S427152704134118380
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31341131247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)27152704434103,34104,34113,341395251



8 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
vms-0029927152715Archean       S10867East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaEast SullivanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0027940002500Archean        257036Louvem Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaAur-LouvemMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0032340002500Archean        257036Louvem Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLouvemMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0032427042704Late Archean       S257046Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLouvicourtMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0032728002500Late Archean        257043Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaManitou-BarvueMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0035140002500Archean        257043Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaQuebec ManitouMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0029840002500Archean        257044Raiville Mine (Dunraine Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaDunraineMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Jen_000144640002500Archean age of mineralization      22946Sigma Mine (Sigma No. 1 Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaSigma Au MinePoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 


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