Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2500

mindat Locality ID: 207909
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207909.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°26'37"N
Longitude: 78°24'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.443611111111,-78.403055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ag Co Cu Fe Pb S Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Co Cu Fe Pb S Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Altaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hessite ()*	Mattagamite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	4000	2500	489
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4000	2500	27198
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	4000	2500	804
Mattagamite ()*	Marcasite	CoTe₂	4000	2500	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4000	2500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4000	2500	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4000	2500	21482

2 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
	DeepDive-Co-0042	2721	2721	2721	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			207909	Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada		Legault et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00010-4	PR115_187
	vms-00349	4000	2500	Archean											207909	Mines De Poirier, Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Poirier	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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