Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Schefferville, Caniapiscau RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 210912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schefferville, Caniapiscau RCM, Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ardua Lake
French Mine

Latitude: 54°48'50"N
Longitude: 66°53'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.813888888889,-66.886666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar None Quartz Rutile
Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc

15 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	34447	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	34447	3092
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	34447	577
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	34447	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	34448	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	34447	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	34447	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	34447,34448	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	34447,34448	61
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	34447,34448	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	34447	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	34447	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	34447	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	34447	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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