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Locality Name:
MacLean Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 248877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "MacLean Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°49'59"N
Longitude: 56°53'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.833055555556,-56.883611111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Devilline	Gypsum	Kieserite	Ktenasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite
Devilline Gypsum Kieserite Ktenasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Starkeyite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	485	419	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	485	419	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	485	419	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	419	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	485	419	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	485	419	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	485	419	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	419	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	485	419	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	485	419	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	419	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	485	419	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	419	24243
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	485	419	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	419	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	419	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	485	419	1689
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	485	419	75
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	485	419	1271
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	485	419	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	419	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	419	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	485	419	293
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485	419	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	485	419	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	419	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	485	419	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	419	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00187	485	419	Ordovician-Silurian	Yes	270931	Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Buchans (Old Buchan-Oriental)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00185	485	419	Ordovician-Silurian	Yes	8945	Lucky Strike Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Buchans (Lucky Strike-Rothermere)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00186	485	419	Ordovician-Silurian		248877	MacLean Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Buchans (McLean)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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