Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mesamax Northwest Deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1918
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1918

mindat Locality ID: 65449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesamax Northwest Deposit, Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 61°34'25"N
Longitude: 73°15'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.573611111111,-73.26

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.

Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Altaite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Naldrettite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sudburyite ()*	Ungavaite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Ullmannite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1918	1918	489
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1918	1918	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1918	1918	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1918	1918	966
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1918	1918	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1918	1918	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1918	1918	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1918	1918	14899
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1918	1918	114
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	1918	1918	11
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1918	1918	1512
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1918	1918	409
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1918	1918	9056
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1918	1918	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1918	1918	21482
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	1918	1918	46
Ungavaite ()*	None	Pd₄Sb₃	1918	1918	3

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_670	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_670	1918	1918	1918		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province					Yes			Ni, Cu	204875	Ungava, Nunavik, Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada	Expo-Ungava	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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