Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Colchester Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 248892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248892.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colchester Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°39'22"N
Longitude: 56°1'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.656111111111,-56.032222222222

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.

Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Cu Fe Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	500	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	500	500	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	500	500	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	500	21482

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00189	500	500	Ordovician										S	248892	Colchester Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Colchester	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00208	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				248888	Rendell Jackman Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Rendall-Jackman	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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