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:
Clover Hill Deposit (Denison-Potacan Mine; Potacan Mine; Cassidy Potash Mine), Salt Springs Evaporite Deposit, Hammond Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 10136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clover Hill Deposit (Denison-Potacan Mine; Potacan Mine; Cassidy Potash Mine), Salt Springs Evaporite Deposit, Hammond Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°33'31"N
Longitude: 65°34'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.558611111111,-65.575833333333

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.

Boracite	Brianroulstonite	Danburite	Fluorite	Hilgardite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anhydrite ()*	Brianroulstonite ()*	Colemanite ()*	Danburite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Halite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Howlite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Penobsquisite ()*
Priceite ()*	Pringleite ()*	Ruitenbergite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Trembathite ()*
Ulexite ()*	Volkovskite ()*

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: B Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Boracite Brianroulstonite Danburite Fluorite Hilgardite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Rutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Brianroulstonite ()*	Brianroulstonite	Ca₃B₅O₆(OH)₇Cl₂·8H₂O	3
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	144
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	13
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	42
Penobsquisite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe²⁺[B₉O₁₃(OH)₆]Cl·4H₂O	2
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	33
Pringleite ()*	None	Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O	3
Ruitenbergite ()*	None	Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O	2
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	46
Trembathite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	5
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	160
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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