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:
Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°25'0"N
Longitude: 72°7'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.416666666667,-72.123055555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Millerite	None	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Millerite None Pentlandite Prehnite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	40
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	161
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	40
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-159	Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-159
R060898	Orford Nickel Mine, St-Denis-de-Brompton, Le Val-Saint-François RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060898

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