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Locality Name:
Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 26916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Austin Brook Deposit
Brunswick No. 12 Mine (Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. No. 12 Mine)
Brunswick No. 6 Mine
Captain Deposit
CNE Deposit
Esker Deposit
FAB Deposit
Flat Landing Brook Deposit
Headway Deposit
Northend Zone Deposit
QSR Deposit

Latitude: 47°26'36"N
Longitude: 65°51'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.443333333333,-65.857222222222
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mn O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDomeykiteEdingtoniteEnargiteEpsomite
FeldsparGarnetHarmotomeHexahydriteKieseriteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StarkeyiteStibniteStilpnomelaneTetrahedriteWurtzite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Barytocalcite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Celsian  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Edingtonite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kinoshitalite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mannardite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4454451307608803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4454451307602734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24454451307593092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS445445230759,307609052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)445445230759,3076011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)244544513075983
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6445445130760413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O44544513075940
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34454451307591935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4445445230759,307605516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11445445230759,30760843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34454451307591089
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O44544513075923
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)445445230759,3076027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2445445230759,307605171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)445445130759100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4454451307604979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4454451307605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2445445230759,3076027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O445445130760382
Copper  (*)CopperCu4454451307603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4454451307604165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3445445130760802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24454451307599895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As445445230759,3076073
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O44544513075926
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4445445130760910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445230759,3076024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu44544513076030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O445445130759188
Graphite  (*)NoneC4454451307592812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)444544513075961
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2130758223
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O44544513075948
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O445445130759290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3445445330758,30759,3076014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64454451307602228
Kinoshitalite  (*)Mica ClayBaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)244544513075920
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)24454450234
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4445445130759359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445330758,30759,3076014899
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O1644544513075912
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2445445230759,307605674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24445445130759158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24454451307595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2445445230759,3076017380
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17445445130760100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2445445230759,3076039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4454451307601725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8445445230759,307609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2445445230759,3076061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O445445130760115
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4454451307601153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)445445230758,307596417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4454451307605186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31307581214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS445445230759,3076021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4445445230759,30760668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O130758456
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O445445130760139
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134454451307591803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13445445230759,307605317
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)644544513076062


2 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
vms-00150445445Ordovician       S8906Brunswick No. 12 Mine (Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. No. 12 Mine), Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, CanadaBrunswick No. 12Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00151445445Ordovician       S8905Brunswick No. 6 Mine, Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, CanadaBrunswick No. 6Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040110Brunswick No. 12 Mine (Brunswick Mining & Smelting Corp. No. 12 Mine), Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R040110

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