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Locality Name:
Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 257043
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257043.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°5'16"N
Longitude: 77°36'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.087777777778,-77.610277777778
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S4000250002793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4000250009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40002500027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240002500027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40002500024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu40002500030554
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3400025000733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34000250001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240002500039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240002500061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg4000250005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS40002500021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134000250001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134000250005317


4 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-0029927152715Archean     Yes S10867East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaEast SullivanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0032427042704Late Archean     Yes S257046Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaLouvicourtMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0032728002500Late Archean        257043Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaManitou-BarvueMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0035140002500Archean        257043Manitou-Barvue Mine (Golden Manitou Mine), Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaQuebec ManitouMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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