Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 587
Youngest recorded age at locality: 500

mindat Locality ID: 24804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aldermac Moulton Hill Mine
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Sintra Quarry (Carrière Sintra; Carrière Hébert)
Suffield Mine (Griffith's Mine)

Latitude: 45°22'40"N
Longitude: 71°56'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.377777777778,-71.933888888889

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar
Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Devilline Diaspore Feldspar
Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	587	587	1	34540	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	587	587	1	34540	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	500	500	1	34537	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	587	587	1	34540	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	500	500	1	34537	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	500	500	1	34537	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	587	500	2	34537,34540	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	587	500	2	34537,34540	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	587	500	2	34537,34540	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	500	500	1	34537	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	34539	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	500	500	1	34537	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	587	587	1	34540	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	587	500	3	34537,34538,34540	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	587	587	2	34539,34540	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	34539	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	587	587	1	34540	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	587	500	2	34537,34540	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	500	500	1	34537	1803

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-00335	500	500	Ordovician										S	157100	Aldermac Moulton Hill Mine, Sherbrooke TE, Estrie, Québec, Canada	Moulton Hill	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	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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