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Locality Name:
Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 275897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Maxwell Quarry (Morisson Quarry; Maxwell Brucite Quarry)

Latitude: 45°37'0"N
Longitude: 75°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.616666666667,-75.916666666667
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: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArtiniteBaryteBruciteCalciteClayCorundumHumiteHydrotalciteLudwigite
NickelineNonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteTochiliniteValleriiteVesuvianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1349783250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O13497875
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2134978462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13497827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1349781252
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4134978951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2134978236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61349784135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13497824243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO313497870
Graphite  (*)NoneC1349782812
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O134978341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)413497887
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31349785433
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)134978134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413497814899
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO134978114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3134978495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213497839462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O13497889
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81349789056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21349785614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13497821482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1349784899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]13497856
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]134978237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101349781395


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