Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sterrett Mine, Saint-Cyr, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 244593
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244593.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sterrett Mine, Saint-Cyr, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°40'51"N
Longitude: 72°2'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.680833333333,-72.040277777778

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyroxene
Spinel

Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyroxene
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	483	477	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	483	477	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	483	477	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	483	477	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	483	477	205
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	483	477	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	483	477	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	483	477	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	483	477	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	483	477	1898
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	483	477	244
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	483	477	1214
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	483	477	1025

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
	podchrome-00513	483	477	Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)										Cr	244593	Sterrett Mine, Saint-Cyr, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Sterrett	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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