Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 83
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 57562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 42

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Alain Andre Mine
Aline Mine
Ampere Mine
Anna-Madeleine Mine
Annette Mine
Arcade Mine
Ardennite Mine
Arvor Mine
Bien Sur Mine
Bon Secours Mine
Canon Mine
Chrome Rouge Mine
Clotilde-Jeanne Mine
Consolation Mine
Corsaire Mine
Courage Mine
Cyclone Mine
Dyne Mine
Emouchet Mine
G2HR Mine
Georges Pile Mine
GR2H Mine
Humboldt Mine
La Coulee
La Coulee - Riviere Blanche Mine
La Coulee Mine
Lucky Hitt Mine
Marais-Kiki Mine
Marius Mine
Ouen Island
Pic Du Champ-de-Bataille
Pont-des-Francais Quarry
Renaissance Mine
STC Mine
Sunshine Mine
Suzanne Gallieni Mine
Thisbe Mine
Tontouta Mine
Vercingetorix Mine
Vercingetorix Nord Mine
Vercingetorix Sud Mine
Vulcain Mine

Latitude: 22°13'6"S
Longitude: 166°40'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.218333333333,166.67777777778

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	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Laumontite ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Potarite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Garnet Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Spinel Ullmannite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	83	33.9	1	54451	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	35	35	1	54425	1534
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	54453	143
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35	35	2	54425,54454	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	54445	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	83	33.9	4	54425,54443,54452,54453	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	83	33.9	1	54452	124
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	83	33.9	2	54425,54452	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	35	35	1	54425	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	83	33.9	1	54452	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35	35	1	54425	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	83	33.9	1	54452	110
Ferronickelplatinum ()*	Potarite	Pt₂FeNi	83	33.9	1	54452	13
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	35	35	1	54425	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	54453	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	54453	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	83	33.9	1	54452	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	83	33.9	1	54452	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	83	33.9	1	54452	128
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	54454	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	83	33.9	1	54452	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35	35	1	54443	14899
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	83	33.9	1	54452	35
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	54445	5800
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	83	33.9	1	54452	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	83	33.9	1	54452	1512
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	83	33.9	1	54452	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	54454	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	54454	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	35	2	54425,54445	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	54445	4894
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	83	33.9	1	54452	46
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	83	33.9	1	54452	66
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	35	35	1	54425	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	35	35	1	54425	212
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	54445	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35	35	1	54425	1025

17 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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 ID
podchrome-00968	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	56923	Anna-Madeleine Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Anna-Madeleine	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00956	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233509	Annette Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Annette	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00957	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233510	Arvor Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Arvor	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00960	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233513	Canon Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Canon	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00961	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233514	Chrome Rouge Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Chrome Rouge	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00962	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233515	Consolation Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Consolation	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00963	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233516	Corsaire Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Corsaire	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00975	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233523	Courage Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Courage	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00969	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233534	Dyne Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Dyne	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00970	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233536	Georges Pile Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Georges Pile	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00965	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	57041	GR2H Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	GR2H	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00966	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233519	Lucky Hitt Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Lucky Hitt	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00977	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233525	Marais-Kiki Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Marais-Kiki	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00978	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233526	Marius Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Marius	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
Hg-00127	83	33.9		K-Ar, ?-?	Potarite	Hg	203208	Ouen Island Ophiolite, Ouen Island, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France		Cluzel et al. (2001); Paquette and Cluzel (2007)
podchrome-00972	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233541	Sunshine Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Sunshine	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
podchrome-00979	35	35	Late Eocene			Cr	233530	Vulcain Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France	Vulcain	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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