Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2700

mindat Locality ID: 248824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248824.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°20'22"N
Longitude: 79°5'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.339444444444,-79.09

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Melonite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calaverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2700	2700	361
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2700	2700	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	2700	2700	344
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2700	2700	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2700	2700	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2700	2700	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2700	2700	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2700	2700	9056
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2700	2700	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2700	2700	21482

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
	vms-00342	2700	2700	Archean										S	248824	Waite-Ackerman-Montgomery Mine (Old Waite Mine), Rouyn-Noranda TE, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Old Waite	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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