Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 133563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Boylston Quarry
Cochrane Hill Gold District
Forest Hill Mines
Goldboro Gold District (Upper Seal Harbour; Isaac's Harbour)
Goldenville (Sherbrooke)
Lower Caledonia
Miller Lake Gold District
Moose Point
Rocky Lake
Wine Harbour

Latitude: 45°13'48"N
Longitude: 61°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.23,-61.899166666667

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Garnet Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	31220	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	31223,31224,31226,31234	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	31219,31232	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	31225	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	31219,31223,31232,31234	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	31219,31224,31233	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	31219	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	31224,31226,31234	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31219	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	31220,31221,31222,31223,31224,31226,31227,31228,31229,31230,31231,31234	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	31232	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	31233	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	31223,31225	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	31219,31223,31224,31234	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	31233	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	31224,31233,31234	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	31219,31220,31221,31222,31223,31224,31225,31227,31228,31229,31230,31231,31232,31234	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	31233	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	31232	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	31233	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	31219	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	31233	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	31224,31226,31234	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	31220	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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