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Locality Name:
Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 349
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 16649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°26'31"N
Longitude: 66°49'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.441944444444,-66.819722222222
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: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H In K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocronite
KaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTetrahedriteTopazTourmalineWurtziteZircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dzhalindite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jeanbandyite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petrukite  (*)Plumboferrite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roquesite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zaïrite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS33493200315
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)334932002353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)34932002734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS34932009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O634932002060
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63493200413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi34932001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S334932001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS434932005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)349320027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO234932005171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S34932005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2349320027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43493200951
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53493200344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS34932004165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43493200651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S34932001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163493200300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)234932009895
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)3349320016
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3493200520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)34932008173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3349320072
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS43493200163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3493200551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3493200345
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4349320013
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF234932009617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123493200663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS349320024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S43493200192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S233493200133
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS3493200131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)34932007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu349320030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC34932002812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63493200741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3349320014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O334932005433
Jeanbandyite  (*)PerovskiteFe3+Sn(OH)5O34932007
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)434932005591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4349320082
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6349320080
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23493200762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4349320014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2349320012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS234932005674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8349320092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS234932005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2349320017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)34932002349
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S4349320012
Plumboferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbitePb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.3334932007
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63493200170
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS334932001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2349320039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S834932009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2349320061156
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2349320046
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO234932005614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3493200598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)34932004894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O34932001153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)34932006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg34932005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS349320021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O434932001934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43493200668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12349320080
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1334932001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1334932005317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F234932001476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO234932002718
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33493200297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO434932001655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3493200939
Zaïrite  (*)AluniteBiFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)634932004
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)34932005251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)34932001025


3 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
Kristen000289349329339±10K-Ar whole rock82-95    16649Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaMount PleasantKooiman et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.6.1356EG81-1356 
Kristen000290341327334±7K-Ar whole rock82-97    16649Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaMount PleasantKooiman et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.6.1356EG81-1356 
Kristen000291344320332±12Rb-Sr whole rock     16649Mount Pleasant Mine (Brunswick Tin Mines), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaMount PleasantKooiman et al. (1986)10.2113/gsecongeo.81.6.1356EG81-1356 

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