Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eldor Carbonatite, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 293075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eldor Carbonatite, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°55'59"N
Longitude: 68°23'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.933055555556,-68.399444444444

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.

Aeschynite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bafertisite ()*	Barylite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(Nd) ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cebaite-(Ce) ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Magbasite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sanbornite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yangzhumingite ()*
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Nb Nd O P Pb REE S Si Sn Ta Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Nb Nd O P Pb REE S Si Sn Ta Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Bafertisite ()*	None	Ba₂Fe²⁺₄Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂F₂	16
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	33
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bastnäsite-(Nd) ()*	Bastnäsite	Nd(CO₃)F	4
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cebaite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)₅F₂	8
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magbasite ()*	None	KBaFe³⁺Mg₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂F₆	2
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	26
Nioboaeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)₂(O,OH)₆	6
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	353
Sanbornite ()*	None	BaSi₂O₅	13
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Yangzhumingite ()*	Mica	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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