Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 210587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capitale-Nationale, Québec, Canada": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Charlevoix RCM
Charlevoix-Est RCM
L'Île-d'Orléans RCM
La Côte-de-Beaupré RCM
La Jacques-Cartier RCM
Portneuf RCM
Quebec City (Agglomération De Québec)

Latitude: 47°14'47"N
Longitude: 70°56'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.246388888889,-70.941666666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Monazite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Stilbite
Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Strontianite ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Monazite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Stilbite
Titanite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	34301	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	34301	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297,34308	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	8	34290,34291,34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	34301	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	34301	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	34301	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297,34302	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	34300,34301,34308	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	34290,34291,34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	7	34290,34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	34291	1934
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	34293	268
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	34308	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6	34292,34293,34294,34295,34296,34297	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	34301	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	34301	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	34301	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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