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Locality Name:
Hope Brook (Chetwynd) Mine, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 248875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope Brook (Chetwynd) Mine, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°44'16"N
Longitude: 58°5'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.737777777778,-58.086388888889

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteGermaniteKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteTopazWurtziteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Colusite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tin  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8092
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4064
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tin  (*)NoneSn063
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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