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Locality Name:
Arthabaska RCM, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 24841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arthabaska RCM, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chesterville
Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens

Latitude: 45°56'38"N
Longitude: 71°40'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.943888888889,-71.682777777778

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 As C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloritoidClay
CorundumDiasporeFeldsparGypsumMalachiteMicaMiniumMonaziteNickelineNone
PentlanditePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteUllmanniteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schafarzikite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)334312,34316,343188803
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb134318363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1343183250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1343189052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4134318343
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb134318175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)234316,3431827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213431827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2134318162
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41343183902
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2234316,343189895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13431824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)234314,343187437
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS134318170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1343186890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313431614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3234318,343195433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14134318784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2134318230
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413431914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2234314,3431812537
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S313431887
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1343184924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)234316,34318945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1343181508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213431817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1343182349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81343181512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213431239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81343189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2434312,34314,34316,3431861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2334312,34316,343185614
Schafarzikite  (*)MiniumFe2+(Sb3+)2O41343189
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3134318179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13431821482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)134318446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31343183418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21343123337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131343185317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS134318293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3134318369
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)134318939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)234318,343195251



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