Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2800
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Astoria Occurrence
Bachelor Lake Kimberlites
Bachelor Lake Mine (Bachelor Mine)
Chapais
Chevrier Au Deposit
Conegas Mine (Coniagas Mine)
Copper Rand Mine
Cummins Complex
Gwillim Mine
Joe Mann Mine
Lac Des Vents (Chesbar) Occurrence
Monster Lake Project
Norbeau Mine
Opemisca Deposits
Opemiska Mines (Opemiska Copper Complex)
Portage Mine
Quebec Sturgeon River Mine

Latitude: 49°47'7"N
Longitude: 74°52'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.785277777778,-74.88

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica
Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Fe H I Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Melonite Mica
Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linnaeite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Titanite ()*	Willyamite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	2716	2714	2	34810,34819	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2716	2714	4	34808,34810,34814,34819	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2800	2500	5	34802,34808,34810,34817,34819	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2716	2714	6	34804,34805,34807,34817,34819,34820	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2716	2714	2	34801,34819	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2716	2714	1	34820	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2800	2500	9	34801,34802,34804,34805,34808,34810,34817,34819,34820	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2716	2714	2	34819,34820	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2800	2500	9	34800,34802,34804,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2800	2500	0		577
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2716	2714	2	34810,34819	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2716	2714	1	34812	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2716	2714	1	34819	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2716	2714	1	34819	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2716	2714	1	34819	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2716	2714	1	34810	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2716	2714	1	34820	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2800	2500	7	34800,34802,34808,34809,34810,34814,34819	8173
Ferro-tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2716	2714	1	34814	27
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2800	2500	1	34802	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2800	2500	5	34802,34807,34809,34810,34820	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2800	2500	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2800	2500	9	34802,34805,34807,34808,34810,34814,34816,34817,34820	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2716	2714	1	34810	1398
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2716	2714	1	34820	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2800	2500	2	34802,34810	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2800	2500	4	34801,34802,34819,34820	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	2800	2500	0		180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2800	2500	0		5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2716	2714	1	34820	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2716	2714	8	34801,34802,34805,34807,34810,34814,34819,34820	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2716	2714	1	34820	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2800	2500	4	34802,34805,34807,34820	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2800	2500	7	34802,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2716	2714	2	34814,34820	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2716	2714	2	34808,34810	247
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2716	2714	2	34819,34820	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2716	2714	1	34801	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2716	2714	1	34801	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2800	2500	11	34800,34802,34804,34805,34808,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2800	2500	10	34800,34802,34805,34807,34809,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2800	2500	11	34800,34802,34804,34805,34807,34808,34810,34814,34817,34819,34820	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2800	2500	3	34802,34819,34820	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2716	2714	3	34805,34807,34820	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2716	2714	2	34810,34819	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2716	2714	1	34819	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2800	2500	1	34809	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2800	2500	8	34800,34802,34807,34809,34810,34817,34819,34820	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2716	2714	1	34820	456
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	2716	2714	1	34808	337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2716	2714	1	34819	4899
Willyamite ()*	Cobaltite	CoSbS	2716	2714	1	34819	25
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2716	2714	2	34810,34819	1025

2 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									Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite	Cu	586	Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Chibougamau	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	vms-00289	2800	2500	Late Archean											194378	Conegas Mine (Coniagas Mine), Chibougamau Mining District, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Coniagas	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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