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Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Verchères Co., Québec, Canada

The Demix-Varennes quarry is an operating quarry and a "mini Mont St Hilaire"(see MR 29, 83-118). The quarry is exploiting an alkaline sill 12-20 m thick that covers a large area. It is on the municipal boundary of the towns of Varennes and Saint-Amable. The gate is located at the Varennes end but the workings and crushing plant are in St-Amable (approx. 1.6 km from the gate).

Ref.:
Horváth, L., Pfenninger-Horváth, E., Gault, R. A., & Tarassoff, P., 1998. Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 29: 83-118.
Horváth, L. et al. (1999). Die Mineralien des Saint-Amable sill, Quebec, Canada. Mineralien-Welt, 2/99,53-64; 3/99 45-63 (in German).
ZAITSEV, A.N., YAKOVENCHUK, V.N., CHAO, G.Y., GAULT, R.A., SUBBOTIN, V.V., PAKHOMOSKY, Y.A., and BOGDANOVA, A.N. (1996) Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Ba2Ce(CO3)3F, a new mineral from Kola Peninsula, Russia and Qu_bec, Canada. European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1327-1336.
GRICE, J.D. & GAULT, R.A. (1995) Varennesite, a new species of hydrated Na-Mnsilicate with a uniques monophyllosilicate structure. Can. Min. 33, 1073-1081.





Map Reference: 45°40'2"N , 73°20'36"W

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Mineral List:
  • Aegirine
  • Albite
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Ancylite-(Ce)
  • Ancylite-(La)
  • Annite
  • Apatite-(CaF)
       var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aragonite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Astrophyllite
  • Bastnäsite-(Ce)
  • Birnessite
  • Britholite-(Ce)
  • Calciohilairite
  • Calcite
  • Catapleiite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • Chabazite-Na
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Cordylite-(Ce)
  • Cryolite
  • Dawsonite
  • Dolomite
  • Donnayite-(Y)
  • Doyleite
  • Elpidite
  • Epididymite
  • Epistolite
  • Erdite
  • Eudialyte
  • Fluorite
  • Franconite
  • Gaidonnayite
  • Galena
  • Gibbsite
  • Gmelinite-Na
  • Goethite
  • Gonnardite
  • Gypsum
  • Halotrichite
  • Hematite
  • Hilairite
  • Hochelagaite
  • Jarosite
  • Kaolinite
  • Kukharenkoite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Labuntsovite-Fe
  • Labuntsovite-Mn
  • Låvenite
  • Lemoynite
  • Löllingite
  • Lorenzenite
  • Lueshite
  • Magadiite
  • Magnetite
  • Makatite
  • Manganoneptunite
  • Marcasite
  • Microcline
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Mosandrite
  • Muscovite
  • Natrolite
  • Nenadkevichite
  • Nepheline
  • Opal
  • Paranatrolite
  • Pectolite
  • Phillipsite-Ca
  • Phillipsite-K
  • Polylithionite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrophanite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Ranciéite
  • Rhabdophane-(Ce)
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rinkite
  • Rutile
  • Sazhinite-(Ce)
  • Sazhinite-(La)
  • Sérandite
  • Shkatulkaite
  • Siderite
  • 'Smectite Group'
  • Sodalite
  • Sphalerite
  • Strontianite
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Tainiolite
  • Terskite
  • Thomsenolite
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Thornasite
  • Titanite
  • Todorokite
  • Tuperssuatsiaite
  • Ussingite
  • Varennesite (TL)
  • Villiaumite
  • Vuonnemite
  • Woodruffite
  • Wulfenite
  • Yofortierite
  • Zakharovite
  • Zircon


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