Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chapais, Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2716
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2714

mindat Locality ID: 297164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chapais, Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cooke Mine
Perry Mine
Robitaille Mine
Springer Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2716	2714	3	34804,34805,34807	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2716	2714	2	34804,34805	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2716	2714	1	34804	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2716	2714	1	34807	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2716	2714	2	34805,34807	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2716	2714	2	34805,34807	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2716	2714	2	34805,34807	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2716	2714	2	34804,34805	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2716	2714	2	34805,34807	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2716	2714	3	34804,34805,34807	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2716	2714	2	34805,34807	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2716	2714	1	34807	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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
	PorphCu-00001	2716	2714	2716–2714							Yes		Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite	Cu	586	Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Chibougamau	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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