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Locality Name:
Heath Steele Mine (Little River Mine; Little River Joint Venture), Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 11777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heath Steele Mine (Little River Mine; Little River Joint Venture), Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°17'27"N
Longitude: 66°4'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.290833333333,-66.080555555556
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 As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteMarcasiteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)48544402734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS48544409052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)485444011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi48544401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S348544401935
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S48544405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485444027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48544404165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S124854440663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485444024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC48544402812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485444014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O348544405433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)648544402228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485444014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS248544405674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485444039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S848544409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485444061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485444021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1348544401803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348544405317


3 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
vms-00161485444Ordovician        11777Heath Steele Mine (Little River Mine; Little River Joint Venture), Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaHeath Steele (A-C-D)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00162485444Ordovician        11777Heath Steele Mine (Little River Mine; Little River Joint Venture), Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaHeath Steele (B)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00163485444Ordovician        11777Heath Steele Mine (Little River Mine; Little River Joint Venture), Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaHeath Steele (E-F)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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