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Locality Name:
British Canadian Mine (B.C. 1 Mine; B.C. 2 Mine; Martin Mine; Black Lake Mine; American Mine; Dauville Mine), Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 8590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "British Canadian Mine (B.C. 1 Mine; B.C. 2 Mine; Martin Mine; Black Lake Mine; American Mine; Dauville Mine), Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°2'24"N
Longitude: 71°20'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.04,-71.345833333333
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 F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAuricuprideCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHydrotalcite
NatroliteNonePectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel
ThomsoniteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4074
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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