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Locality Name:
Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 24833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 79
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 79

Number of Child Localities: 79
Child Localities:
Abbeville Mine
Adanac Mine
Aldermac Mine
Amulet Mine (Waite Amulet Mine)
Ansil Mine
Arntfield Mine
Arrowhead Mine
Astoria Mine
Bedford
Bluff
Calder Bousquet Mine
Central Cadillac Mine
Chadbourne Mine
Corbet Mine
D'Eldona Mine (Delbridge Mine)
D'Est-Or Mine
Delbridge
Don Rouyn Mine
Donalda Mine (Keralda Mine)
Doreva Mine
Dufault Zinc
Duquesne Mine
Durbar (Huronian Belt) Mine
East Waite
Elder Mine (Peel-Elder Mine)
Eldrich (Pierre Beauchemin) Mine
F Shaft
Fabie Bay Mine (New Insco Mine)
Four Corners
Fourcet
Francoeur Mine (Wasamac No. 2 Mine)
Gallen Deposit (West MacDonald Deposit)
Granada Gold Project
Granada Mine
Harvie Mine (Archean Mine)
Heva Mine
Horne Mine (Noranda Mine)
Hosco Mine
Inmont
Invanex Prospect
Joliet Mine
Kewagama Mine
Lac Labyrinthe
Lake Furtune Mine
LeRoy Mine (Roybell Mine; Claremont Mine)
Magual
Marlon Rouyn Mine (New Marlon Mine)
McWatters Mine
Millenbach Mine
Mobrun Mine (Bouchard-Hébert Mine)
Moosehead Occurrence
Mouska Mine
New Lens
Newbec
Norbec Mine (Lake Dufault Mine)
Norgold Mine
O'Brien Mine
Pandora Mine ("Amm Mine")
Pontiac Rouyn Mine (Anglo Rouyn Mine)
Powell Rouyn Mine
Quemont Mine
Quesabe Mine
Ribago
Riverside Mine (Bazooka Mine)
Robb-Montbray Mine
Rouyn-Merger Mine
Senator Rouyn Mine
Solidor Mine
South Rusty Hill
Stadacona Mine
Thompson Cadillac Mine
Vauze Mine
Vezina Mine (Thurbois Mine)
Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine)
Wasamac Projkect (Wasa Lake Mine; Wasamac No. 1 Mine)
West Ansil Mine
Westwood Mine
Wood Cadillac Mine
Yvanox

Latitude: 48°16'4"N
Longitude: 78°57'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.267777777778,-78.950833333333

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIlvaiteKieseriteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitanite

89 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frohbergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grunerite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Krennerite  (*)
Laitakarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montbrayite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Ottrélite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Umangite  (*)
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)226982698534169,34175,34183,34200,342403419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)40002500534167,34169,34201,34213,342218803
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2698269813416928
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe27042695.9234201,34229489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5270027001342131310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3269826981341691534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1341951588
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)240002500434168,34191,34213,34215718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS270026982134165,34166,34172,34175,34176,34179,34184,34187,34198,34202,34206,34212,34213,34214,34220,34221,34222,34230,34234,34235,342429052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26982698234169,342401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31342401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4270027001341825516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6400025001341671633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe227042695.9334201,34229,34238361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270026981034169,34183,34189,34190,34213,34214,34222,34224,34226,3423427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21342405171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S27042695.9234229,342325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2400025005234166,34167,34168,34169,34170,34171,34175,34176,34177,34178,34179,34182,34183,34184,34189,34191,34192,34193,34195,34196,34198,34199,34201,34203,34205,34208,34209,34211,34212,34213,34214,34215,34216,34218,34219,34220,34221,34222,34223,34224,34225,34229,34230,34231,34232,34234,34236,34237,34238,34239,34240,3424227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)826982698134169577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)240002500134167376
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe134240281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8269826981341691756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1342011025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS26982698234169,34240966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S82700270013423682
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe27042695.9134229169
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1840002500434168,34191,34213,342151008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S527002700134238344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS27042695.9234229,342324165
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)226982698134169327
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O40002500134167366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S269826981342141027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6270027001342134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2234189,342219895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)400025001634167,34168,34169,34170,34182,34183,34190,34201,34213,34215,34216,34221,34224,34226,34234,342398173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)226982698134169129
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21342219617
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe227042695.9234201,3422940
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O427002700134213445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS400025001934168,34178,34179,34183,34189,34196,34198,34201,34209,34212,34214,34219,34221,34222,34232,34234,34237,34238,3424024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)40002500234167,342327437
Gold  (*)CopperAu400025005234165,34166,34168,34169,34170,34171,34172,34175,34176,34177,34178,34179,34180,34183,34184,34186,34187,34189,34190,34195,34198,34200,34201,34202,34205,34206,34207,34208,34209,34211,34212,34214,34216,34220,34221,34222,34223,34224,34226,34228,34229,34230,34231,34232,34234,34235,34237,34238,34239,34240,34241,3424230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC26982698234214,342312812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)42698269813416961
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)226982698134169223
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O13422448
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40002500334167,34189,341956890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O626982698134169741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270027001134170,34177,34182,34183,34189,34195,34209,34224,34232,34237,3423914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te334201,34212,34232804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31342165433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)26982698134169197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6234202,342242228
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se613420163
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe827042695.9334178,34201,34229111
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)313424030
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)27002698334169,34178,34213451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4400025001834167,34168,34169,34176,34178,34186,34191,34201,34213,34214,34215,34216,34219,34225,34236,34238,34240,3424214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2234189,3423212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227042695.9434189,34224,34229,342405674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe227042695.9234195,34229207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)270027001342134924
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)22698269813416961
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227002700534182,34189,34198,34212,342325800
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)3827042695.913422919
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2400025002034165,34168,34169,34172,34182,34187,34196,34201,34208,34212,34213,34214,34215,34221,34224,34229,34231,34232,34234,3423917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1341702349
Ottrélite  (*)ChloritoidMn2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)213420159
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81342401512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe227042695.9434201,34208,34229,34234409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400025006134165,34166,34167,34168,34169,34170,34171,34172,34175,34176,34177,34178,34179,34182,34183,34184,34186,34187,34189,34190,34191,34192,34195,34196,34198,34199,34200,34201,34202,34204,34205,34206,34208,34209,34211,34212,34213,34214,34215,34216,34218,34219,34220,34221,34222,34223,34224,34225,34226,34229,34230,34231,34232,34234,34235,34236,34237,34238,34239,34240,3424239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8400025003334166,34167,34168,34169,34171,34175,34176,34178,34184,34191,34192,34193,34198,34199,34201,34202,34203,34212,34213,34214,34216,34218,34219,34220,34221,34222,34225,34230,34235,34236,34238,34240,342429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2400025002834165,34166,34168,34169,34171,34172,34189,34191,34198,34201,34202,34206,34207,34213,34214,34215,34221,34222,34223,34224,34228,34229,34230,34231,34234,34235,34240,3424261156
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe227042695.9234201,3422952
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te427042695.913422964
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2334170,34195,342215614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)534176,34212,34221,34230,342424894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26982698334169,34224,342406417
Silver  (*)CopperAg27002700334179,34213,342385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400025003034167,34168,34169,34178,34179,34183,34191,34196,34198,34199,34201,34204,34209,34212,34213,34214,34215,34219,34221,34222,34223,34224,34225,34229,34231,34232,34236,34237,34238,3424021482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O26982698334169,34190,34240456
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4234201,34208337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)240002500434168,34170,34230,342343337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te327042695.9334169,34201,34229276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S27002700234178,34212510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1327002698434179,34201,34214,342245317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O270027001341824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)240002500234167,341692562
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se213420171



19 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
vms-0027440002500Archean        244584Aldermac Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaAldermacMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0027640002500Archean        9832Amulet Mine (Waite Amulet Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaAmulet AMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0027740002500Archean        9832Amulet Mine (Waite Amulet Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaAmulet FMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0027826982698Archean       S205483Ansil Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaAnsilMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0028040002500Archean        244927Bedford, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaBedford HillMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0029127002700Archean       S244583Corbet Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaCorbetMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0029327002700Archean       S244929D'Eldona Mine (Delbridge Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaDelbridgeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
PorphCu-00444270027002700      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206380Don Rouyn Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaDon RouynSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
vms-0036240002500Archean        244918East Waite, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaWaite EastMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0033827032703Archean       S244919Fabie Bay Mine (New Insco Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaNew InscoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0036440002500Archean        232669Gallen Deposit (West MacDonald Deposit), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaWest McDonaldMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0031028002800Archean       S244915Inmont, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaInmontMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0031427002700Archean       S256822Joliet Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaJolietMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0033027002700Archean       S233725Millenbach Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaMillenbachMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0033126982698Archean       S244581Mobrun Mine (Bouchard-Hébert Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaMobrunMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0033927002700Archean       S244917Norbec Mine (Lake Dufault Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaNorbecMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Hg-0006727042695.9       ColoradoiteHg19744Robb-Montbray Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada Gibson and Galley (2007) MDC_533 
vms-0036127002700Archean       S25940Vauze Mine, Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaVauzeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0034227002700Archean       S248824Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaOld WaiteMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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