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Locality Name:
Brunswick No. 6 Mine, 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: 8905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8905.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brunswick No. 6 Mine, Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°24'30"N
Longitude: 65°49'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.408333333333,-65.8225

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDomeykiteEnargiteFeldsparKieseriteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Römerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)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)44544508803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)44544502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44544509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)445445011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)64454450413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444544505516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114454450843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)445445027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO244544505171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)44544504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44544505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2445445027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O4454450382
Copper  (*)CopperCu44544503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44544504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S34454450802
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As445445073
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS44454450910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu445445030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3445445014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)644544502228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS244544505674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2445445017380
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S174454450100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2445445039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl44544501725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844544509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2445445061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O4454450115
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O44544501153
Silver  (*)CopperAg44544505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS445445021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS44454450668
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O4454450139
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1344544505317
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6445445062



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
vms-00151445445Ordovician       S8905Brunswick No. 6 Mine, Bathurst Mining Camp, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, CanadaBrunswick No. 6Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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