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Locality Name:
Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 306

mindat Locality ID: 36542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 103
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 86

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Baie-James
Cameron Lake Occurrence
Chibougamau Mining District
Chibougamau Project
Flordin Mine (Florence River Mine)
Jamésie
Kativik
Lake Rose Mine
Langlois Mine (Grevet Mine)
Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Matagami
Montviel Carbonatite Complex
Nunavik
Soucy Deposit

Latitude: 51°2'16"N
Longitude: 75°50'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.037777777778,-75.846388888889

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cs Cu F Fe H Hg I K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb Pd Pt REE Rb Rh S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
BaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBournoniteBranneriteBrownmilleriteBruciteBurbankiteCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCarbocernaiteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbite
CopperCordyliteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiamondDiasporeDigenite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGarnetHellanditeJalpaiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMckelveyite
MeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
ParisitePentlanditePerovskitePhosphuranylitePolybasitePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRaspite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStibnite
StilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineTridymiteUllmanniteWatkinsonite
WurtziteZircon

208 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aikinite  (*)
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Nd)  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brucite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Carbocernaite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cebaite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chromium-dravite  (*)
Chromphyllite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cordylite-(Ce)  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskolaite  (*)Ewaldite  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Francevillite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grimaldiite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Halite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Huanghoite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kimzeyite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Kukharenkoite-(Ce)  (*)Liandratite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Magbasite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Maslovite  (*)Mattagamite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Merwinite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Monazite-(Nd)  (*)Moncheite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naldrettite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pauflerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Poubaite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Qaqarssukite-(Ce)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Raspite  (*)Richterite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Sanbornite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skippenite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sokolovaite  (*)
Součekite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sudburyite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)Tantite  (*)
Tellurantimony  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Ungavaite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Voloshinite  (*)Watkinsonite  (*)
Willyamite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yangzhumingite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirkelite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S40002500234794,348272793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2272518801134783,34797,34799,34810,34819,34827,34845,34864,34870,34877,348783419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6608.4535334787,34855,348751022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6134855286
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3306306134792315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27163061434783,34786,34792,34797,34799,34808,34810,34814,34819,34827,34837,34855,34863,348758803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)306306134792706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31347972353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe40001918434788,34845,34863,34879489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1348551627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21348592162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3608.45351348751534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2280025001034799,34802,34808,34810,34817,34819,34828,34845,34855,348593092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22726.12724.2234843,34853718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)419181918334855,34864,34877708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2134855295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS280019181334779,34780,34783,34799,34804,34805,34807,34817,34819,34820,34835,34845,348779052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O627162714334801,34819,348722060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2134796238
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F213485916
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O713485933
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)306306434792,34796,34855,3485911547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)213485583
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F134859304
Bastnäsite-(Nd)  (*)BastnäsiteNd(CO3)F1348594
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2134859606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18234797,348314286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4000306334792,34827,348481966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340002500234794,348481935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440002500234794,348205516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6306306134792248
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2306306334792,34833,34858462
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)513485552
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40003062734783,34791,34792,34794,34796,34799,34801,34802,34804,34805,34808,34810,34817,34819,34820,34827,34828,34829,34833,34845,34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875,3487727770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O234787,34855232
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)213485524
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)42725272513484583
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2234859,348655171
Cebaite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBa3Ce2(CO3)5F2234855,348598
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40002500534794,34819,34820,34827,348285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240003064534780,34783,34784,34785,34788,34792,34794,34798,34799,34800,34802,34804,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34827,34828,34829,34834,34835,34837,34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853,34855,34857,34863,34865,34866,34867,34870,34871,34875,34877,34878,34879,3488027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)828002500134799577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)227162714434779,34799,34810,34819376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O419181918334784,34877,348783902
Chromium-dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Cr6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1347916
Chromphyllite  (*)MicaKCr2(AlSi3O10)(OH)21347916
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)427162714134812951
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe306306234792,34863281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)819181918434783,34855,34863,348791756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27252714234819,348451025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS27251880634819,34845,34870,34877,34878,34879966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O306306134792566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6234859,34865518
Copper  (*)CopperCu40002500234794,348193846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18272527251348431008
Cordylite-(Ce)  (*)Cordylite(Na,Ca,   )BaCe2(CO3)4(F,O)13485515
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4000306434792,34794,34827,348634165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S327162714334799,34810,34828802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)227252725234845,34864327
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O30630613479282
Diamond  (*)DiamondC608.4535334790,34793,34875697
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4134855651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S4000306334792,34794,348201027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6608.4535434790,34855,34864,348754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)240003061234792,34794,34796,34845,34855,34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875,348779895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)134791648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40003061434783,34792,34799,34800,34802,34808,34809,34810,34814,34819,34827,34845,34846,348498173
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O313479130
Ewaldite  (*)MckelveyiteBaCa(CO3)2·2.6H2O1348558
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22716271413481427
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F608.4535234855,348752740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22800306534792,34802,34855,34859,348659617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)608.4535334796,34855,348751188
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O30630613479261
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O30630613479243
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40003061934792,34794,34802,34807,34809,34810,34820,34827,34835,34844,34845,34849,34855,34859,34863,34870,34878,34879,3488024243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2134855286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)28002500234799,348637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu40003062734779,34780,34783,34784,34792,34794,34795,34799,34802,34805,34807,34808,34810,34814,34816,34817,34820,34825,34827,34828,34830,34834,34837,34848,34863,34877,3487930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1348292812
Grimaldiite  (*)NoneCrO(OH)1347915
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2134864223
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl271627141348101398
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2134787209
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S227162714134820205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6234855,34864741
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)22725272513484518
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O328003061134791,34792,34799,34802,34810,34845,34855,34857,34859,34863,3486414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O427252725134843407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te40001918434788,34845,34877,34879804
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16134855243
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS19181880234870,34878119
Huanghoite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBaCe(CO3)2F1348559
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O328005351034796,34801,34802,34819,34820,34837,34855,34865,34875,348775433
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI28002500134799180
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS240002500134794116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)428002500234799,348555591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O306306134792198
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2608.453513487546
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O12608.453513487517
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)18801880134866116
Kukharenkoite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBa2Ce(CO3)3F1348558
Liandratite  (*)NoneU6+Nb2O813483121
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S427162714134820249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4134796359
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O613485557
Magbasite  (*)NoneKBaFe3+Mg7Si8O22(OH)2F61348592
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)608.4535234859,348751487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O440003063334784,34791,34792,34796,34797,34799,34801,34802,34805,34807,34810,34814,34819,34820,34827,34835,34837,34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34849,34853,34855,34857,34859,34864,34870,34875,34877,34878,3487914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24000306334792,34794,348275674
Maslovite  (*)PyritePtBiTe1918191813487823
Mattagamite  (*)MarcasiteCoTe240002500234788,348457
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As819181880234870,34878161
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe219181918234863,34877207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe219181880534866,34870,34871,34877,34878155
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)213483323
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe19181918234878,34879114
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)534786,34787,34791,34855,348594924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS27162714334784,34820,348291066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22800306934792,34799,34802,34805,34807,34820,34831,34857,348635800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)306306534792,34796,34855,34859,34865945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)13485538
Monazite-(Nd)  (*)MonaziteNd(PO4)13485926
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)219181880234870,34878133
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)134833153
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)306306134792362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2400016002034779,34783,34784,34786,34791,34794,34797,34799,34802,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34827,34828,34855,34863,3488017380
Naldrettite  (*)NonePd2Sb1918191813487911
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se40002500134794192
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)334787,34855,34872884
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,REE,Ca,Th,Fe)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)61348596
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6134790229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1348552349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS27162714234814,34820767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)227162714234808,34810247
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2134859112
Pauflerite  (*)NoneVO(SO4)1348553
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8271618801134784,34799,34819,34820,34866,34867,34870,34871,34877,34878,348791512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO134833114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO32716572434790,34793,34801,34875495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe219181918134879409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22716535534796,34801,34855,34859,348752273
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O134786140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]40002500134794716
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)213483351
Poubaite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2(Se,Te,S)43063061347926
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3400025001347941425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS240003064634779,34780,34783,34784,34785,34788,34792,34794,34797,34798,34799,34800,34802,34804,34805,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820,34825,34827,34828,34829,34834,34835,34837,34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853,34855,34857,34859,34863,34865,34870,34875,34877,3488039462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)30630613479221
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3608.4535234796,34875341
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)102725272513484538
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)102725272513484525
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840005354034780,34783,34784,34785,34788,34798,34799,34800,34802,34805,34807,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820,34827,34828,34834,34835,34837,34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853,34855,34866,34867,34870,34871,34875,34877,34878,34879,348809056
Qaqarssukite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBaCe(CO3)2F1348553
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240003063734783,34784,34786,34791,34792,34794,34796,34797,34799,34800,34802,34804,34805,34807,34808,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820,34825,34827,34828,34829,34831,34834,34835,34837,34855,34857,34859,34863,34864,34870,34871,34875,3488061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)30630613479226
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2608.4535134875148
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2134855375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22800306934792,34796,34802,34819,34820,34837,34855,34859,348755614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8134859353
Sanbornite  (*)NoneBaSi2O513485913
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)27162714434799,34805,34807,348204894
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12608.453513487554
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2725306734792,34799,34810,34819,34828,34845,348596417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S427162714134819249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51347971516
Silver  (*)CopperAg40002500434783,34794,34809,348275186
Skippenite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Se2Te3063061347926
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl134855444
Sokolovaite  (*)MicaCsLi2AlSi4O10F21347866
Součekite  (*)BournoniteCuPbBi(S,Se)33063061347926
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs219181880734866,34867,34870,34871,34877,34878,34879337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS400016003134780,34783,34785,34788,34794,34799,34800,34802,34807,34809,34810,34817,34819,34820,34827,34828,34834,34835,34839,34843,34844,34845,34846,34848,34849,34853,34855,34859,34877,34879,3488021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4608.4535234796,348751934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6434786,34797,34831,34865688
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)13483354
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O513483325
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS440002500134794586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O27252714434799,34820,34827,34845456
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)134855589
Sudburyite  (*)NickelinePdSb19181880634866,34870,34871,34877,34878,3487946
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe427162714134808337
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F234855,34859232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)227251918234845,348773337
Tantite  (*)NoneTa2O51348315
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te32725272513484529
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe319181880234870,3487824
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S134834510
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2608.453513487527
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13400025001347945317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1348721006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2716535434799,34819,34855,348754899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21348651476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)227251918434797,34845,34877,348782562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS19181918134877293
Ungavaite  (*)NonePd4Sb3191819181348793
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2306306234791,347922718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O306306234791,34792890
Voloshinite  (*)MicaRb(LiAl1.5   0.5)(Al0.5Si3.5)O10F21347862
Watkinsonite  (*)WatkinsonitePbCu2Bi4(Se,S)83063061347925
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS2716271413481925
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)134855251
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3306306134792297
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)306306334792,34855,34859939
Yangzhumingite  (*)MicaKMg2.5Si4O10F21348594
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4000306634792,34794,34797,34855,34859,348725251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x13485527
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27162714234810,348191025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000991Uranium vein-type deposits located in the Otish Mountains basin (Quebec) are associated with strongly albitized doleritic dykes and sills. Two periods of mineralization were recognized. The first, contemporaneous with the albitization, consists of brannerite and uraninite. The second, separated from the previous by tectonic movements, is characterized by carbonate gangue (dolomite), and a complex association of selenides, tellurides and sulfides including: skippenite, watkinsonite, poubaite, soucekite, clausthalite, aikinite, wittichenite, molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, digenite, covellite, electrum, native bismuth, and several unidentified bismuth selenides-tellurides.
Jen_0000501Eastern Laurentia carbonatite complex
Jen_0000926MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000927MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000928MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000929MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0000930MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, up to 1 m wide, 2 km long ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Ultramafic lamprophyres (aillikite, mela-allikite)
Jen_0001113MAGMATIC STYLE: 800x200 m oval intrusion lying beneath Lac Shortt and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Syenite dykes and fenite.
Michelle_670Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite
Michelle_682Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite


35 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0030128002500Late Archean        256862Estrades Prospect, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaEstradesMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0031627282728Archean       S207910Joutel Copper Mine, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaJoutelMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
DeepDive-Co-0042272127212721U-Pb zircon   Zircon  207909Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada Legault et al. (2002)10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00010-4PR115_187 
vms-0034940002500Archean        207909Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaPoirierMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Giersdorf_00000991306306306 The second cycle, which is weaker, produced pitchblende and coffinite mineralization in a calcite gangue. Its age is approximately 306 Ma and seems to correspondto the mineralizatione vent well known in other areas, as for example in the Athabasca basin    Calcite, Coffinite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, PyriteU16069Otish Mountains U Deposit, Otish Mts, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaOtish Mountains U DepositJohan et al. (1987) CM25_625The age for the second mineralization event of the Otish Mountains which corresponds well to other nearby areas.
vms-0029540002500Archean        207911Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaDetour A-1Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0029640002500Archean        207911Selbaie Mine (Detour Mine), Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaDetour BMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
PorphCu-00001271627142716–2714      Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SideriteCu586Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaChibougamauSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
vms-0028928002500Late Archean        194378Conegas Mine (Coniagas Mine), Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaConiagasMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
Jen_0001113269126912691U-Pb zircon   Zircon  13975Lac Shortt Mine, Jamésie, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaLac ShorttWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
vms-0031928002500Late Archean        257055Langlois Mine (Grevet Mine), Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaLangloisMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0028128002500Late Archean        186823Bell Allard Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaBell AllardMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0028227202720Archean       S186823Bell Allard Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaBell Allard SouthMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0028326002600Archean       S186815Bell Channel Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaBell ChannelMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0030527252725Archean       S186817Garon Lake Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaGaron LakeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0031140002500Archean        186826Isle-Dieu Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaIsle DieuMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0032827252725Archean       S579Mattagami Lake Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaMattagami LakeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0033727252725Archean       S186819New Hosco Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaNew HoscoMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0034040002500Archean        186820Norita Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaNoritaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-0034340002500Archean        186827Orchan Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaOrchanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
EG109_89-000012725.62724.22724.9±0.7U-Pb zirconOR-01-32 (z9913)  Zircon  186828Orchan West Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaOrchan West depositRoss et al. (2014)10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89EG109_89 
vms-0034428002800Archean       S186828Orchan West Deposit, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaOrchan WestMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
EG109_89-000022726.12724.72725.4±0.7U-Pb zirconEQ-00-41 (z9625)  Zircon  186829Perseverance Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaPersévérance mine, Équinoxe lensRoss et al. (2014)10.2113/econgeo.109.1.89EG109_89 
vms-0034728002500Late Archean        186829Perseverance Mine, Matagami, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaPerseveranceMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
EG105_1057_017188018801880       Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru47950Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaRaglanBegg et al. (2010)10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057EG105_1057 
Michelle_682191819181918 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu47950Raglan Mine, Raglan, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaRaglanHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).
Michelle_670191819181918 Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu204875Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaExpo-UngavaHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See 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).
Bradley_2012_077178217781780±2U/Pb zircon, monazite     280786Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada[Abloviak Transect]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Jen_0000501602579602-579U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat Mountains (Abloviak Fjord)Ernst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0000926572572572U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000927608.4595.6602±6.4U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000928583.6578.4581±2.6U-Pb perovskite   Perovskite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000929577539558±19Ar-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000930565535550±15Ar-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  36120Torngat Dikes, Abloviak Fjord, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaTorngat MountainsWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
vms-0035525001600Lower Proterozoic        259045Soucy Deposit, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, CanadaSoucy No. 1Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061068Henderson No. 2 Mine, Jamésie, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R061068
R090050Henderson No. 2 Mine, Jamésie, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R090050


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