Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2715
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2704

mindat Locality ID: 257070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257070.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 48°13'40"N
Longitude: 78°15'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.227777777778,-78.266388888889

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2715	2704	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2715	2704	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2715	2704	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	2715	2704	73
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2715	2704	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2715	2704	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2715	2704	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2715	2704	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2715	2704	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	2715	2704	170
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2715	2704	5433
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2715	2704	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2715	2704	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2715	2704	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2715	2704	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2715	2704	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2715	2704	3418

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-00299	2715	2715	Archean							Yes			S	10867	East Sullivan Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	East Sullivan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00324	2704	2704	Late Archean							Yes			S	257046	Louvicourt Mine, Val D'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Louvicourt	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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