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Locality Name:
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 6403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°57'50"N
Longitude: 76°32'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.963888888889,-76.540555555556
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 Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na O P S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Th Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteCalciteCeriteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteHeulanditeHumiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneParisitePumpellyite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzStilbiteTitaniteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe3+)  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Norbergite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)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
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3047
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)028
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Julgoldite-(Fe3+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe3+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)·H2O05
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F2037
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F20112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO20236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-165Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canadahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-165
R070123Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070123
R060184Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060184

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