Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Continental Mine (Megantic Mine; Lambly Mine; Paré Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Continental Mine (Megantic Mine; Lambly Mine; Paré Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°59'2"N
Longitude: 71°23'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.983888888889,-71.388888888889

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	None	Prehnite	Serpentine	Spinel
Thomsonite

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 Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Hydrotalcite None Prehnite Serpentine Spinel
Thomsonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Stichtite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	43
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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