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Locality Name:
Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 24529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Blackburn Roadcut
Deziel Mine
Highway 366 Roadcut
Lac Saint-Pierre (Wakefield Lake)
Lachaine Quarry
Leduc Mine
McGlashan Mine
Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield
Wallingford Lake

Latitude: 45°42'2"N
Longitude: 75°42'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.700555555556,-75.709166666667

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: Al B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Er F Fe H Hf K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Yb Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicAutuniteBerylBismutiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
FritzscheiteGarnetGypsumHellanditeKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRowlanditeRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelStibniteTengeriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineZircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caysichite-(Y)  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hafnon  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Moydite-(Y)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zavaritskite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)25415411349713419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)541541334969,34971,349738803
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)54154113497128
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO25415411349712162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35415411349711534
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1349731272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25415411349715509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181349734286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)254154113497196
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi541541234971,349721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3541541234971,349721935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)541541134971716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)54154113497151
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)541541534967,34968,34969,34971,3497427770
Caysichite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca,Yb,Er)4Y4(Si8O20)(CO3)6(OH)·7H2O5415411349718
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS254154113497127198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8541541134971577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5415411349713531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6134973289
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6541541434967,34971,34974,349754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21349699895
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)134973520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5415411349718173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)354154113497172
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6541541334971,34972,34973414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4541541234971,34973196
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F541541434968,34969,34971,349742740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2234972,349739617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)541541234971,349727437
Graphite  (*)NoneC5415411349712812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5415411349716890
Hafnon  (*)ZirconHf(SiO4)13497311
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)254154113497118
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O354154113497114640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65415411349712228
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O54154113497199
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O54154113497128
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY4(CO3)7·9H2O54154113497110
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O454154113497114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)254154113497112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25415411349715674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O541541134971443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O541541134971129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)541541334969,34971,349734924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25415411349715800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O5415411349711508
Moydite-(Y)  (*)NoneYB(OH)4(CO3)5415411349711
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541541334971,34972,3497317380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)54154113497124
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O541541134971144
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2234967,349692273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6134973121
Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22F21349698
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS254154113497139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8541541234971,349749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541541434971,34972,34973,3497561156
Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)RowlanditeFe2+Y4(Si2O7)2F25415411349718
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21349695614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8134973353
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1349732705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)35415411349711214
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F54154113497155
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)5415411349711006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O541541234971,349744899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21349731476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21349742562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2541541234971,349732718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O541541134971890
Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)ZirconYVO45415411349717
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)541541234971,34973939
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF54154113497126
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)541541334971,34973,349745251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_504Lou-Evans Mine is a zoned granite pegmatite near Wakefield Lake.


1 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
Michelle_504541541Precambrian Age of pegmatitelow      4456Evans-Lou Mine, Lac Saint-Pierre (Wakefield Lake), Val-des-Monts, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, CanadaLou-Evans MineMiles et al. (1971) AM56_395Age of pegmatite


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