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Locality Name:
Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2641
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2637

mindat Locality ID: 68226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°24'39"N
Longitude: 77°48'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.410833333333,-77.809166666667

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Mo Nb O S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Li Mg Mn Mo Nb O S Si Ti Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
MolybdeniteNonePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteStibniteTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Holmquistite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182641263704286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2641263701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32641263701935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26412637027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226412637027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2641263708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22641263709617
Holmquistite  (*)Amphibole   Li2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)226412637042
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22641263705800
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6264126370121
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226412637061156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32641263701214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26412637021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6264126370688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2641263704899



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
Bradley_2012_010264126372639±2U/Pb monazite     68226Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, CanadaQuebec Lithium Corp.McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120010Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120010
R110165Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R110165
R130004Quebec Lithium Corporation Mine, La Corne, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130004


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