Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 133564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bridgeville Iron Mines
Kirkmount
Knoydart Point
Pictou
Westville

Latitude: 45°34'53"N
Longitude: 62°34'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.581388888889,-62.570277777778

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsdellite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	31353,31354	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	340	340	2	31353,31355	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	31353	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	31353,31354	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	31353	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	31353	770
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	340	340	1	31355	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	340	1	31355	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	31353	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	31353	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	31353	88
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	31353,31354	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	31354	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	340	340	1	31355	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	31354	303

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00263	340	340	Upper Mississippian										Cu	246932	Knoydart Point, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Knoydart Point and Brook	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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