Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Louvicourt Dumortierite Occurrence, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2715
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2704

mindat Locality ID: 241677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Louvicourt Dumortierite Occurrence, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile	Zircon

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 Ca Fe H K O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H K O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Clinozoisite Dumortierite Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2715	2704	1310
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2715	2704	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2715	2704	8173
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2715	2704	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2715	2704	17380
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2715	2704	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2715	2704	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2715	2704	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2715	2704	5251

2 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-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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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