Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 11578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black's Quarry
Clifton Quarry
Millet Brook U-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 44°56'6"N
Longitude: 64°11'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.935,-64.189444444444

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.

Autunite	Clay	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 B Ca Cu H K Mg Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Clay Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ginorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Howlite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	31302,31303	1588
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	31304	1272
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	31303	484
Ginorite ()*	None	Ca₂B₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	31303	11
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	31302,31303	6890
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	1	31302	36
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	31303	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31304	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31304	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31304	61156
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	31304	1059
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	2	31302,31303	160
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	31304	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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