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Locality Name:
Girardville, Maria-Chapdelaine RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 278074
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278074.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Girardville, Maria-Chapdelaine RCM, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ilmenite Occurrence
Lac Mirepoix

Latitude: 49°2'24"N
Longitude: 71°33'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.04,-71.559722222222

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb REE Si Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileSpinelZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Calcite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1350348803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21350332162
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13503327770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8135033577
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1350332740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21350339617
Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)None(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)2Nb2O6F13503310
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3235033,3503414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3235033,350345433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4235033,3503414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1350334924
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21350332273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213503361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21350335614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1350335251



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