Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Canadian National Railway Tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 30099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canadian National Railway Tunnel, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°30'48"N
Longitude: 73°37'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.513333333333,-73.632777777778

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	Analcime	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melilite	Mica	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Corundum ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Melilite Mica Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	90
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	75
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	83
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...