Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caribou Pit (Caribou Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 483
Youngest recorded age at locality: 477

mindat Locality ID: 9607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9607.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caribou Pit (Caribou Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°1'8"N
Longitude: 71°19'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.018888888889,-71.331111111111

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.

Calcite	Garnet	Molybdenite	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Thomsonite	Vesuvianite

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 Cr F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Garnet Molybdenite None Pyroxene Spinel Thomsonite Vesuvianite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	483	477	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	483	477	4135
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	483	477	1544
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	483	477	311
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	483	477	5800
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	483	477	452
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	483	477	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00507	483	477	Lower Ordovician (477-483 Ma)										Cr	9607	Caribou Pit (Caribou Mine), Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, Les Appalaches RCM, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada	Caribou	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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