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Locality Name:
Île Cadieux Alnöite, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 63262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Île Cadieux Alnöite, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°24'46"N
Longitude: 74°4'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.412777777778,-74.076388888889

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 C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteClayDjerfisheriteMicaNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxene
ScapoliteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marialite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61600100001022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61600100002060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16001000027770
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S816001000082
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61600100004135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl16001000060
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21600100009895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1600100002740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1600100001188
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4160010000311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416001000014899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl160010000139
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)160010000153
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81600100001512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3160010000495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21600100002273
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41600100001934



1 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
sedexmvt-0004816001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      63262Île Cadieux Alnöite, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM, Montérégie, Québec, CanadaCadieuxTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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