Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 306

mindat Locality ID: 26230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Casa-Berardi Mine (Golden Pond Mine)
Eagle Mine (Agnico-Eagle Mine)
Estrades Prospect
Explo Zinc Prospect
Géant Dormant Mine (Sleeping Giant Mine)
Grasset Property
Joutel Copper Mine
Lac Moblan Pegmatite
Metawishish River Nepheline Syenite Locality
Mines De Poirier
Otish Mts
Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine)
Tebel Mine
Wemindji
Whabouchi Pegmatite

Latitude: 50°16'32"N
Longitude: 77°15'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.275555555556,-77.25

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.

Acanthite	Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite
Brannerite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diamond	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Garnet
Jalpaite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Phosphuranylite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Raspite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Schoepite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Watkinsonite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Rb S Sb Se Si Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Amphibole Analcime Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte Beryl Bournonite
Brannerite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diamond Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Garnet
Jalpaite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Phosphuranylite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Raspite Rocksalt
Rutile Schoepite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Tridymite
Watkinsonite Zircon

97 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium-dravite ()*	Chromphyllite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dewindtite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Fourmarierite ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grimaldiite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mattagamite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Poubaite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Raspite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Skippenite ()*	Sokolovaite ()*	Součekite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Voloshinite ()*	Watkinsonite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4000	2500	1	34794	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	34783,34797	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	34787	1022
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	306	306	1	34792	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	306	306	4	34783,34786,34792,34797	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	306	306	1	34792	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34797	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	4000	2500	1	34788	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	34779,34780,34783	9052
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	34796	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	306	306	2	34792,34796	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	34797	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	306	306	1	34792	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4000	2500	1	34794	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4000	2500	1	34794	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	306	306	1	34792	248
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	306	306	1	34792	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4000	306	5	34783,34791,34792,34794,34796	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	34787	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4000	2500	1	34794	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	306	7	34780,34783,34784,34785,34788,34792,34794	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	34779	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	34784	3902
Chromium-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Cr₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	34791	6
Chromphyllite ()*	Mica	KCr₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	34791	6
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	306	306	1	34792	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	34783	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	306	306	1	34792	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4000	2500	1	34794	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4000	306	2	34792,34794	4165
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	306	306	1	34792	82
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			2	34790,34793	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	4000	306	2	34792,34794	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	34790	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4000	306	3	34792,34794,34796	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	34791	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	306	306	2	34783,34792	8173
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃			1	34791	30
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	306	306	1	34792	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	34796	1188
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	306	306	1	34792	61
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O	306	306	1	34792	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4000	306	2	34792,34794	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4000	306	7	34779,34780,34783,34784,34792,34794,34795	30554
Grimaldiite ()*	None	CrO(OH)			1	34791	5
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34787	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	306	306	2	34791,34792	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	4000	2500	1	34788	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	34796	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	4000	2500	1	34794	116
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	306	306	1	34792	198
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	34796	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	306	306	5	34784,34791,34792,34796,34797	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4000	306	2	34792,34794	5674
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	4000	2500	1	34788	7
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	34786,34787,34791	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	34784	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	306	306	1	34792	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	306	306	2	34792,34796	945
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	306	306	1	34792	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4000	2500	7	34779,34783,34784,34786,34791,34794,34797	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	4000	2500	1	34794	192
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	34787	884
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	34790	229
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	34784	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			2	34790,34793	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	34796	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O			1	34786	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	4000	2500	1	34794	716
Poubaite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂(Se,Te,S)₄	306	306	1	34792	6
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4000	2500	1	34794	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	306	9	34779,34780,34783,34784,34785,34788,34792,34794,34797	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	306	306	1	34792	21
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	34796	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	5	34780,34783,34784,34785,34788	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4000	306	8	34783,34784,34786,34791,34792,34794,34796,34797	61156
Raspite ()*	Raspite	Pb(WO₄)	306	306	1	34792	26
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	306	306	2	34792,34796	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	306	306	1	34792	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	34797	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4000	2500	2	34783,34794	5186
Skippenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₂Te	306	306	1	34792	6
Sokolovaite ()*	Mica	CsLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂			1	34786	6
Součekite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbBi(S,Se)₃	306	306	1	34792	6
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	5	34780,34783,34785,34788,34794	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	34796	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	34786,34797	688
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	4000	2500	1	34794	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4000	2500	1	34794	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	34797	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	306	306	2	34791,34792	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	306	306	2	34791,34792	890
Voloshinite ()*	Mica	Rb(LiAl_1.5 _0.5)(Al_0.5Si_3.5)O₁₀F₂			1	34786	2
Watkinsonite ()*	Watkinsonite	PbCu₂Bi₄(Se,S)₈	306	306	1	34792	5
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	306	306	1	34792	297
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	306	306	1	34792	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4000	306	3	34792,34794,34797	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000991	Uranium vein-type deposits located in the Otish Mountains basin (Quebec) are associated with strongly albitized doleritic dykes and sills. Two periods of mineralization were recognized. The first, contemporaneous with the albitization, consists of brannerite and uraninite. The second, separated from the previous by tectonic movements, is characterized by carbonate gangue (dolomite), and a complex association of selenides, tellurides and sulfides including: skippenite, watkinsonite, poubaite, soucekite, clausthalite, aikinite, wittichenite, molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, digenite, covellite, electrum, native bismuth, and several unidentified bismuth selenides-tellurides.

Age ID

Locality Notes

Giersdorf_00000991

Uranium vein-type deposits located in the Otish Mountains basin (Quebec) are associated with strongly albitized doleritic dykes and sills. Two periods of mineralization were recognized. The first, contemporaneous with the albitization, consists of brannerite and uraninite. The second, separated from the previous by tectonic movements, is characterized by carbonate gangue (dolomite), and a complex association of selenides, tellurides and sulfides including: skippenite, watkinsonite, poubaite, soucekite, clausthalite, aikinite, wittichenite, molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, digenite, covellite, electrum, native bismuth, and several unidentified bismuth selenides-tellurides.

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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-00301	2800	2500	Late Archean							256862	Estrades Prospect, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Estrades	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00316	2728	2728	Archean						S	207910	Joutel Copper Mine, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Joutel	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
DeepDive-Co-0042	2721	2721	2721	U-Pb		zircon	Zircon			207909	Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada		Legault et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00010-4	PR115_187
vms-00349	4000	2500	Archean							207909	Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Poirier	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
Giersdorf_00000991	306	306	306		The second cycle, which is weaker, produced pitchblende and coffinite mineralization in a calcite gangue. Its age is approximately 306 Ma and seems to correspondto the mineralizatione vent well known in other areas, as for example in the Athabasca basin			Calcite, Coffinite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Pyrite	U	16069	Otish Mountains U Deposit, Otish Mts, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Otish Mountains U Deposit	Johan et al. (1987)		CM25_625	The age for the second mineralization event of the Otish Mountains which corresponds well to other nearby areas.
vms-00295	4000	2500	Archean							207911	Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Detour A-1	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00296	4000	2500	Archean							207911	Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Detour B	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...