Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Suffield Mine (Griffith's Mine), Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 587
Youngest recorded age at locality: 587

mindat Locality ID: 23566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23566.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suffield Mine (Griffith's Mine), Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°19'5"N
Longitude: 71°57'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.318055555556,-71.958888888889

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.

Acanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Feldspar Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Devilline ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	587	587	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	587	587	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	587	587	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	587	587	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	587	587	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	587	587	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	587	587	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	587	587	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	587	587	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	587	587	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	587	587	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00357	587	587	Ordovician										S	23566	Suffield Mine (Griffith's Mine), Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Suffield	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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