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Locality Name:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 117

mindat Locality ID: 595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montréal, Québec, Canada": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Beaconsfield
Francon Quarry
Miron Quarry
Mont Royal
Montréal-Est
Ville Marie Expressway (Autoroute 720)

Latitude: 45°31'54"N
Longitude: 73°38'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.531666666667,-73.634444444444
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: Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAstrophyllite
AtacamiteBaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBrookiteBurbankiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCristobaliteDachiarditeDiasporeDundasiteElpidite
EpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGaidonnayiteGarnetGismondineGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotome
HumboldtineHydrotalciteKaoliniteLovozeriteMarcasiteMckelveyiteMeliliteMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
MordeniteNatroliteNeptuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePentlanditePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSapphirineSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteSulphurTalcTitaniteTivaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteViitaniemiiteWollastoniteWöhlerite
Zircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierine  (*)Brookite  (*)Burbankite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Caresite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cryolite  (*)Dachiardite-Na  (*)Dawsonite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Doyleite  (*)Dresserite  (*)
Elpidite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferri-kaersutite  (*)Ferroceladonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franconite  (*)Gaidonnayite  (*)Galena  (*)
Garronite-Ca  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hochelagaite  (*)Humboldtine  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrodresserite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Låvenite  (*)Lovozerite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Manganoneptunite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Montroyalite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nahcolite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)
Nosean  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-pargasite  (*)Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sabinaite  (*)Saponite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Strontiodresserite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Thorbastnäsite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Viitaniemiite  (*)Voggite  (*)
Weloganite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6488.3117534767,34768,34770,34771,347751022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]134770133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)488.3117334767,34770,347718803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3488.31171347672353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O488.3117634767,34768,34770,34771,34773,347751627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2488.3117334767,34768,347712162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O234768,3477592
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3234770,347711534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1347701588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2488.31171347673092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2134768356
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs134771379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1347729052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F234770,34771161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6234770,347752060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2488.3117134767238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)488.3117234767,3477511547
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)413477159
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2488.3117134767700
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)513476852
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)488.3117734766,34767,34768,34770,34772,34773,3477527770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O134770232
Caresite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O1347713
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O234768,34775113
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)488.3117234766,347671252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)488.31171347674979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213477527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4488.31171347673902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81347711756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31347701797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2488.3117134767453
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)488.311713476781
Cryolite  (*)PerovskiteNa2NaAlF6488.311713476750
Dachiardite-Na  (*)DachiarditeNa4(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O488.311713476722
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2488.3117834767,34768,34770,34771,34772,34773,34775,3477690
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4488.3117134767651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6334768,34770,347714135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2488.3117634767,34768,34770,34772,34773,347759895
Doyleite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3488.311713476715
Dresserite  (*)DundasiteBa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8·3H2O1391171347671
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O488.3117234767,3477550
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1347708173
Ferri-kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3Fe3+Ti)(Si6Al2)O22O21347757
Ferroceladonite  (*)MicaKFe2+Fe3+Si4O10(OH)213477510
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F488.3117434767,34768,34770,347752740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O134768303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2488.3117734767,34768,34770,34771,34772,34775,347769617
Franconite  (*)NoneNaNb2O5(OH)·3H2O488.31171347676
Gaidonnayite  (*)GaidonnayiteNa2ZrSi3O9·2H2O13477521
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS488.3117334767,34772,3477324243
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O488.311713476766
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7134770114
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3488.3117134767504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)488.3117434767,34768,34770,347757437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O134771167
Graphite  (*)NoneC488.3117334767,34768,347702812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O488.3117234767,347706890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl488.31171347671398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O488.3117134767409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O488.3117234767,34768290
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)234770,34771158
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6134770741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3488.3117534767,34768,34770,34771,3477514640
Hochelagaite  (*)NoneCaNb4O11·8H2O488.31171347679
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O488.311713476727
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2488.3117134767201
Hydrodresserite  (*)DundasiteBaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·3H2O488.31171347671
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3334768,34771,347755433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2334770,34771,34775179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4488.3117434767,34768,34770,347725591
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)413477158
Lovozerite  (*)LovozeriteNa3CaZrSi6O15(OH)313477119
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2234770,3477580
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1347701487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4488.3117434767,34768,34770,3477514899
Manganoneptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiMn2+2Ti2Si8O2413477526
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2488.3117334767,34768,347755674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)488.3117334767,34768,347714924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2488.31171347675800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)134775945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O488.3117234767,347681508
Montroyalite  (*)NoneSr4Al8(CO3)3(OH)26·10H2O488.31171347671
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O488.3117334767,34768,34775405
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)213477545
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2234770,3477117380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)488.311713476778
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6488.3117134767254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O488.3117634767,34768,34770,34771,34773,347751236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)234770,34771884
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)313477164
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O13477075
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)234768,347702349
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6488.3117134767158
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2134770313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81347751512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3234770,34771495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2190190434767,34768,34770,347712273
Potassic-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21347759
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O9488.311713476730
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2488.3117734767,34768,34770,34771,34772,34773,3477539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8488.3117434767,34768,34770,347759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2488.3117434767,34768,34770,3477561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS134771712
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2134770375
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O488.3117134767293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2488.3117334767,34768,347705614
Sabinaite  (*)NoneNa4TiZr2O4(CO3)4488.31171347672
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O488.3117134767301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)488.3117434767,34768,34770,347756417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)488.311713476777
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl434770,34771,34773,34775444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS488.3117334767,34768,3477021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41347701934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)488.3117434766,34767,34768,34775589
Strontiodresserite  (*)DundasiteSrAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O488.31171347674
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS488.31171347672045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F488.3117134767232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2488.3117234767,347703337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O488.3117234767,34771183
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)488.3117134767299
Thorbastnäsite  (*)BastnäsiteThCa(CO3)2F2·3H2O488.311713476714
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O334768,34771,347754899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10334768,34770,347711395
Viitaniemiite  (*)ViitaniemiiteNaCaAl(PO4)F3488.311713476712
Voggite  (*)NoneNa2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH)·2H2O488.31171347671
Weloganite  (*)MckelveyiteNa2Sr3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O488.3117234767,347755
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)413477083
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3234770,347711247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)488.3117334767,34770,347715251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000790MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes.
Michelle_0053Dresserite occurs the upper St-Michel Sill within the Ordovician limestone quarry.
Michelle_0054Limestone hosts several sills of varying composition


3 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
Jen_0000790190190190K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  597Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, CanadaFrancon Quarry - OrleansWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Michelle_0053139117139-117StratigraphyAge of igneous activity    Dresserite 597Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, CanadaFrancon QuarryTarassoff (2006) MR37_5Age of sill formations.
Michelle_0054488.3443.7OrdovicianStratigraphyAge of limestone deposition      597Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, CanadaFrancon QuarryTarassoff (2006) MR37_5Age of limestone deposition.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120026Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120026
R120027Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120027
R050641Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050641
R120093Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120093
R060304Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060304
R070741Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070741
R050217Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050217

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