Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 397
Youngest recorded age at locality: 373

mindat Locality ID: 133567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Argyle
Brazil Lake Pegmatite
Chegoggin Point
Foote Cove Beach
Pinkney Point
Plymouth
Sandford

Latitude: 43°53'34"N
Longitude: 66°2'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.892777777778,-66.034444444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bjarebyite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Childrenite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fillowite
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Tridymite	Triplite	Vivianite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bjarebyite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Childrenite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fillowite
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Phosphophyllite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz
Tourmaline Tridymite Triplite Vivianite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cookeite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fillowite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Holmquistite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kellyite ()*	Kulanite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mcauslanite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sedovite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31392	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	397	373	2	31389,31390	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	31391	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	379	373	1	31389	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	379	373	2	31389,31393	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	31394	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	397	373	3	31389,31390,31393	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	379	373	2	31389,31393	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	379	373	1	31389	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	379	373	1	31389	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	379	373	3	31389,31394,31395	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	397	373	3	31389,31390,31393	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	379	373	2	31389,31393	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	379	373	1	31389	93
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	31392	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	397	393	1	31390	1756
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	397	393	1	31390	181
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	379	373	1	31389	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	379	373	1	31389	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	397	393	1	31390	310
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	379	373	1	31389	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	397	393	1	31390	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	397	373	2	31389,31390	8173
Fillowite ()*	Fillowite	Na₃CaMn²⁺₁₁(PO₄)₉	397	393	1	31390	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	397	393	1	31390	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	379	373	2	31389,31393	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	31394	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	379	373	1	31389	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	31392	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	397	393	1	31390	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	31391	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	379	373	1	31389	6890
Holmquistite ()*	Amphibole	Li₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	397	393	1	31390	42
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂			1	31394	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	5591
Kellyite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Mn²⁺,Mg,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	11
Kulanite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaFe²⁺₂Al₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	379	373	1	31389	12
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	397	393	1	31390	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	31394	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	379	373	1	31389	5674
Mcauslanite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(PO₄)₃(PO₃OH)F·18H₂O	379	373	1	31389	1
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	397	393	1	31390	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	379	373	2	31389,31393	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	397	393	1	31390	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	397	373	4	31389,31390,31391,31395	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	31394	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	379	373	1	31389	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	31394	1512
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	379	373	1	31389	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	31394	2273
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	379	373	1	31389	29
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	379	373	4	31389,31392,31393,31394	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	379	373	2	31389,31394	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	397	373	3	31389,31390,31395	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	379	373	1	31389	1711
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	379	373	1	31389	293
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	397	393	1	31390	2705
Sedovite ()*	None	U⁴⁺(MoO₄)₂			1	31393	5
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	379	373	1	31389	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	31392	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	397	393	2	31390,31395	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	379	373	1	31389	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	397	393	1	31390	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	379	373	1	31389	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	31392	978
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	379	373	1	31389	232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	379	373	1	31389	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	397	373	2	31389,31390	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	379	373	2	31389,31393	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	379	373	1	31389	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	379	373	1	31389	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	379	373	1	31389	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	397	373	2	31389,31390	5251

2 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
	Mo-00092	379	373	376±3	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	7276	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada		Kontak et al. (2003)		GSA_38th_Meeting_Vol35
	Alexandra-0182	397	393	395 ± 2	U-Pb	Age of pegmatite		columbite							231203	Brazil Lake Pegmatite, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Brazil Lake	Bradley et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1600035	CM54_945

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120064	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120064
R120065	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120065

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