Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Moss Mine, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1057
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1049

mindat Locality ID: 294543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moss Mine, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°34'27"N
Longitude: 76°15'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.574166666667,-76.253055555556

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	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Spinel	Titanite

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 K Mo O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe K Mo O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Spinel Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1057	1049	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1057	1049	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1057	1049	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1057	1049	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1057	1049	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1057	1049	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1057	1049	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1057	1049	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1057	1049	4899

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
	Bradley_2012_041	1057	1049	1053±4	Re/Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite			294543	Moss Mine, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada	Moss Moly	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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