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Locality Name:
Coxheath Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 622
Youngest recorded age at locality: 620

mindat Locality ID: 206381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coxheath Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°5'6"N
Longitude: 60°21'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.085,-60.354166666667

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Spinel Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	622	620	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	622	620	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	622	620	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	622	620	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	622	620	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	622	620	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	622	620	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	622	620	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	622	620	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	622	620	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	622	620	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	622	620	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	622	620	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	622	620	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	622	620	17380
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	622	620	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	622	620	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	622	620	771
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	622	620	4899

1 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
	PorphCu-00445	622	620	622–620									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Titanite	Cu	206381	Coxheath Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Coxheath	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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