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Locality Name:
Scheelite Mine (Stillwater Brook), Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 253298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scheelite Mine (Stillwater Brook), Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°58'23"N
Longitude: 62°58'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.973055555556,-62.98

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: Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayMicaNonePyriteRutileScheeliteTungstite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40838009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)408380027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)240838009895
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2408380017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2408380039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO240838005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)40838004894
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O4083800118



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0001442408380408-380 age of mineralizationscheelite  YesScheelite  253297Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaMoose RiverPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 


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