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Locality Name:
Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 224170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Bradford Cove
Dark Harbour
Deep Cove Beach
Eel Brook Beach
Harrington Cove (Herrington Cove)
Indian Beach
Ingalls Head
Little Dark Harbor
Pettes Cove
Red Point
Soutwest Head
Stanley Beach
Swallowtail Point
The Whistle
Whale Cove Cliffs
White Head Island
Wood Island

Latitude: 44°42'6"N
Longitude: 66°48'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.701666666667,-66.805277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChabaziteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGyroliteHeulanditeMalachiteMicaMordenite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStilbiteThomsonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Antigorite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mogánite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22202201307423419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2202201307428803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2202201307311627
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4220220130741708
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)220220230733,3073611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22022013072627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2220220330724,30726,30738309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O220220330724,30726,30738310
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8220220230739,30742577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2202201307383531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4220220130741951
Copper  (*)CopperCu220220330726,30734,307383846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2202201307434165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)220220230730,307428173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O220220230726,30738138
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)220220230735,307427437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2202201307322812
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O220220130724142
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O322022013072114640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O220220530724,30726,30727,30737,30738246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2202201307261271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4220220014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220220230738,3074312537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O220220330724,30726,30737425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2202201307394924
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O220220043
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O220220230727,307311236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O220220130726471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222022013073539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22202201030724,30726,30728,30730,30736,30737,30738,30739,30742,3074361156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O220220230726,30738390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O220220230724,30726268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O220220130726452


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00331220220Triassic       Cu224170Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaSloop CoveCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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