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Locality Name:
Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 204833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eureka Mine (Old Barite Mine; Duncan Mine)
Moose Island
New Britain Road

Latitude: 45°25'20"N
Longitude: 64°3'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.422222222222,-64.053333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu H K Mn Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStilbite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Barrerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Botallackite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1311622793
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Barrerite  (*)StilbiteNa2(Si7Al2)O18·6H2O023
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13116011547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O0178
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)313116149
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)331160,31161,3116227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213116027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21311609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13116224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1311617437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1311616890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313116014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1311621689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61311621066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413116114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213116112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2231160,3116239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2231160,3116161156
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1311622473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13116221482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060168Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060168

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