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Locality Name:
Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 14308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Northesk Parish

Latitude: 47°21'19"N
Longitude: 66°13'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.355277777778,-66.230833333333
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: 

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)4854441307972734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4854441307979052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)48544413079711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4854441307971966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34854441307971935
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4854441307975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485444430795,30796,30797,3079827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4854441307974165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12485444130797663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485444430795,30796,30797,3079824243
Graphite  (*)NoneC4854441307972812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O348544413079714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34854441307975433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64854441307972228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O448544413079714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24854441307975674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485444430795,30796,30797,3079839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8485444330795,30796,307979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248544413079761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485444430795,30796,30797,3079821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134854441307971803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134854441307975317


6 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-00157445445Ordovician       S10687Devils Elbow Mine, Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaDevils ElbowMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00159445445Ordovician       S11716Half Mile Lake Mine, Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaHalf Mile LakeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
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 
vms-00180445445Ordovician       S26138Wedge Mine, Northesk Parish, Northumberland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaWedgeMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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