Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3026
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1363

mindat Locality ID: 26667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Colombe Mine (Authier Mine; La Motte Lithium Occurrence)
Marbridge Mine
Moly Hill Mine

Latitude: 48°20'7"N
Longitude: 78°11'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.335277777778,-78.196111111111

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	Beryl	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite
Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Hydrotalcite	Lillianite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Talc	Valleriite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cannonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gustavite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kupčíkite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb Pt S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Epsomite
Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Hydrotalcite Lillianite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Talc Valleriite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3026	1363	2	34064,34070	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2719	2710	2	34064,34069	1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2719	2710	2	34064,34068	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	1	34068	708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	34063	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	3026	1363	1	34070	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3026	1363	1	34070	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	3026	1363	1	34070	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2719	2710	1	34064	5516
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	3026	1363	1	34070	26
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3026	1363	6	34064,34065,34066,34067,34068,34070	27198
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	3026	1363	1	34070	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2719	2710	2	34064,34068	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3026	1363	2	34065,34070	24243
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	3026	1363	1	34070	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2719	2710	1	34064	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2719	2710	2	34064,34066	205
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	2719	2710	1	34064	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2719	2710	1	34064	5433
Kupčíkite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6Bi₅S₁₀	3026	1363	1	34070	11
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)			1	34063	155
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	1	34068	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2719	2710	6	34064,34065,34066,34067,34068,34069	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2719	2710	4	34064,34066,34067,34069	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3026	1363	3	34063,34064,34070	5800
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	2719	2710	2	34064,34069	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3026	1363	1	34070	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2719	2710	2	34064,34065	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2719	2710	6	34064,34065,34066,34067,34068,34069	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2719	2710	5	34064,34065,34066,34067,34069	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	2	34064,34068	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2719	2710	5	34064,34065,34066,34067,34068	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3026	1363	1	34070	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	2719	2710	2	34064,34069	55
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2719	2710	1	34064	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2719	2710	2	34064,34065	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	34063	688
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	2	34064,34068	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2719	2710	2	34064,34069	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2719	2710	2	34064,34069	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2719	2710	3	34064,34066,34067	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2719	2710	3	34064,34066,34069	380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3026	1363	1	34070	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_679	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
TCM41_307-00025	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00026	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00027	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00028	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00029	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00030	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00031	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00032	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00033	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00034	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00035	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00036	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00037	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00038	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00039	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00040	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00041	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00042	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00043	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00044	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00045	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00046	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00047	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00048	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00049	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00050	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00051	pegmatite
TCM41_307-00052	pegmatite

29 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_679	2719	2710	2719-2710		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province				Ni, Cu	206747	Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Marbridge	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).
TCM41_307-00025	2208	1848	2028±180	Re-Os		molybdenite	P1	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00026	2160	1754	1957±203	Re-Os		molybdenite	P2	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00027	1825	1389	1607±218	Re-Os		molybdenite	P3	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00028	2287	1815	2051±236	Re-Os		molybdenite	P4	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00029	2339	1835	2087±252	Re-Os		molybdenite	P5	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00030	2152	1696	1924±228	Re-Os		molybdenite	P6	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00031	2513	1961	2237±276	Re-Os		molybdenite	P7	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00032	1963	1363	1663±300	Re-Os		molybdenite	P8	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00033	2654	2080	2367±287	Re-Os		molybdenite	P9	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00034	2959	2219	2589±370	Re-Os		molybdenite	P10	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00035	3026	2352	2689±337	Re-Os		molybdenite	P11	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00036	2638	2020	2329±309	Re-Os		molybdenite	P12	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00037	2548	1954	2251±297	Re-Os		molybdenite	P13	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00038	3015	2061	2538±477	Re-Os		molybdenite	P14	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00039	2639	1871	2255±384	Re-Os		molybdenite	P15	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00040	2809	2207	2508±301	Re-Os		molybdenite	P16	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00041	2308	1810	2059±249	Re-Os		molybdenite	P17	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00042	2223	1623	1923±300	Re-Os		molybdenite	P18	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00043	2104	1598	1851±253	Re-Os		molybdenite	P19	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00044	2241	2169	2205±36	Re-Os		molybdenite	P20	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00045	2352	2274	2313±39	Re-Os		molybdenite	P21	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00046	2450	2366	2408±42	Re-Os		molybdenite	P22	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00047	2542	2458	2500±42	Re-Os		molybdenite	P23	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00048	2565	2487	2526±39	Re-Os		molybdenite	P24	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00049	2611	2521	2566±45	Re-Os		molybdenite	P25	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00050	2715	2647	2681±34	Re-Os		molybdenite	P26	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00051	2749	2671	2710±39	Re-Os		molybdenite	P27	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age
TCM41_307-00052	2764	2696	2730±34	Re-Os		molybdenite	P28	Molybdenite		589	Moly Hill Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Moly Hill, Preissac	Košler et al. (2003)	10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.307	TCM41_307	apparent age

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