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Locality Name:
Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°25'0"N
Longitude: 72°7'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.416666666667,-72.123055555556
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 C Ca Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MilleriteNonePentlanditePrehnitePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelVivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8040
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)4040
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-159Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-159
R060898Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060898

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