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Locality Name:
Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°34'19"N
Longitude: 73°36'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.571944444444,-73.613888888889

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite
Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Dachiardite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Elpidite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Harmotome	Humboldtine	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mckelveyite	Mica
Molybdenite	Monazite	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Talc
Tivanite	Viitaniemiite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baddeleyite Baryte Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite
Clay Corundum Cristobalite Dachiardite Diaspore Dundasite Elpidite Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Halotrichite Harmotome Humboldtine Kaolinite Marcasite Mckelveyite Mica
Molybdenite Monazite Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Talc
Tivanite Viitaniemiite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Crocoite ()*
Cryolite ()*	Dachiardite-Na ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Doyleite ()*	Dresserite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Franconite ()*	Galena ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Hochelagaite ()*	Humboldtine ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrodresserite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Montroyalite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sabinaite ()*
Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Strontiodresserite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Talc ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thorbastnäsite ()*	Viitaniemiite ()*	Voggite ()*	Weloganite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	488.3	117	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	488.3	117	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	488.3	117	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	488.3	117	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	488.3	117	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	488.3	117	3092
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	488.3	117	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	488.3	117	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	488.3	117	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	488.3	117	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	488.3	117	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	488.3	117	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	488.3	117	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	488.3	117	453
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	488.3	117	81
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	488.3	117	50
Dachiardite-Na ()*	Dachiardite	Na₄(Si₂₀Al₄)O₄₈·13H₂O	488.3	117	22
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	488.3	117	90
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	488.3	117	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	488.3	117	9895
Doyleite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	488.3	117	15
Dresserite ()*	Dundasite	Ba₂Al₄(CO₃)₄(OH)₈·3H₂O	139	117	1
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	488.3	117	50
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	488.3	117	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	488.3	117	9617
Franconite ()*	None	NaNb₂O₅(OH)·3H₂O	488.3	117	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	488.3	117	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	488.3	117	66
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	488.3	117	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	488.3	117	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	488.3	117	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	488.3	117	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	488.3	117	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	488.3	117	409
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	488.3	117	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	488.3	117	14640
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	488.3	117	9
Humboldtine ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Fe²⁺(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	488.3	117	27
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	488.3	117	201
Hydrodresserite ()*	Dundasite	BaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·3H₂O	488.3	117	1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	488.3	117	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	488.3	117	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	488.3	117	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	488.3	117	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	488.3	117	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	488.3	117	1508
Montroyalite ()*	None	Sr₄Al₈(CO₃)₃(OH)₂₆·10H₂O	488.3	117	1
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	488.3	117	405
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	488.3	117	78
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	488.3	117	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	488.3	117	1236
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	488.3	117	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	190	190	2273
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	488.3	117	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	488.3	117	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	488.3	117	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	488.3	117	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	488.3	117	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	488.3	117	5614
Sabinaite ()*	None	Na₄TiZr₂O₄(CO₃)₄	488.3	117	2
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	488.3	117	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	488.3	117	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	488.3	117	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	488.3	117	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	488.3	117	589
Strontiodresserite ()*	Dundasite	SrAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	488.3	117	4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	488.3	117	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	488.3	117	232
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	488.3	117	3337
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	488.3	117	183
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	488.3	117	299
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O	488.3	117	14
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃	488.3	117	12
Voggite ()*	None	Na₂Zr(PO₄)(CO₃)(OH)·2H₂O	488.3	117	1
Weloganite ()*	Mckelveyite	Na₂Sr₃Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	488.3	117	5
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	488.3	117	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000790	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes.
Michelle_0053	Dresserite occurs the upper St-Michel Sill within the Ordovician limestone quarry.
Michelle_0054	Limestone hosts several sills of varying composition

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000790	190	190	190	K-Ar		phlogopite	Phlogopite		597	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	Francon Quarry - Orleans	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Michelle_0053	139	117	139-117	Stratigraphy	Age of igneous activity			Dresserite	597	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	Francon Quarry	Tarassoff (2006)		MR37_5	Age of sill formations.
Michelle_0054	488.3	443.7	Ordovician	Stratigraphy	Age of limestone deposition				597	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	Francon Quarry	Tarassoff (2006)		MR37_5	Age of limestone deposition.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120026	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120026
R120027	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120027
R050641	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050641
R120093	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120093
R060304	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060304
R070741	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070741
R050217	Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050217

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