Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marbridge No. 1 Mine, Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2719
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2710

mindat Locality ID: 592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marbridge No. 1 Mine, Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
No. 3 Orebody
No. 4 Orebody
Serpentinite

Latitude: 48°20'47"N
Longitude: 78°11'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.346388888889,-78.192222222222

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Hydrotalcite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Valleriite

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stichtite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ni Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Hydrotalcite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Valleriite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2719	2710	1	34068	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	1	34068	708
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2719	2710	3	34066,34067,34068	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2719	2710	1	34068	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2719	2710	0		24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2719	2710	1	34066	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2719	2710	1	34068	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2719	2710	3	34066,34067,34068	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2719	2710	2	34066,34067	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2719	2710	0		767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2719	2710	3	34066,34067,34068	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2719	2710	2	34066,34067	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	1	34068	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2719	2710	3	34066,34067,34068	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2719	2710	0		21482
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	2719	2710	1	34068	43
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	2719	2710	2	34066,34067	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2719	2710	1	34066	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_679	Ni-Cu sulfides in komatiite

1 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
	Michelle_679	2719	2710	2719-2710		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province					Yes			Ni, Cu	206747	Marbridge Mine, La Motte, Abitibi RCM, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada	Marbridge	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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