Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bell Mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 8621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bell Mine, Thetford Mines, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°4'30"N
Longitude: 71°18'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.075,-71.3

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.

Auricupride	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Perovskite
Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*
Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Clay Epidote Feldspar Garnet Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Perovskite
Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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