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:
Little Bay 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: 14853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14853.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

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

Latitude: 49°35'53"N
Longitude: 55°56'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.598055555556,-55.941111111111

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Löllingite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenolite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Löllingite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	8803
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	500	500	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	500	500	231
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	500	500	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	500	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	500	500	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	500	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	500	500	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	500	500	2228
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	500	500	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	500	500	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	500	500	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	500	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	500	500	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	500	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	500	500	233
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	500	500	372

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-00197	500	500	Ordovician										S	14853	Little Bay Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Little Bay	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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