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Locality Name:
Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 145529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Colchester Mine
Little Bay Mine
Little Deer Mine
McNeily Mine
Rendell Jackman Mine
Silverdale (Bear Cove) Mine
Whalesback Mine

Latitude: 49°37'15"N
Longitude: 56°1'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.620833333333,-56.028055555556

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Löllingite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wurtzite

32 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	500	500	1	30968	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	300	300	1	30972	2734
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	500	500	1	30968	231
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	300	300	1	30972	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	500	300	7	30967,30968,30969,30970,30971,30972,30973	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	500	470	2	30969,30973	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	500	444	3	30968,30971,30973	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	500	300	5	30967,30969,30971,30972,30973	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	2	30970,30971	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	1	30972	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	500	470	2	30969,30973	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	500	500	1	30968	2228
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	500	500	2	30968,30973	762
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	500	470	2	30969,30973	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	500	444	4	30968,30969,30970,30973	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	500	500	1	30973	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	500	470	2	30969,30973	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	500	300	7	30967,30968,30969,30970,30971,30972,30973	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	500	444	5	30967,30968,30969,30970,30973	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	500	470	3	30968,30969,30973	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	500	500	1	30968	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	444	1	30971	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	500	444	5	30967,30969,30970,30971,30973	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	300	300	1	30972	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	500	470	2	30969,30973	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	500	470	2	30969,30973	2562
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	500	500	1	30968	372

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00189	500	500	Ordovician	S	248892	Colchester Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Colchester	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00197	500	500	Ordovician	S	14853	Little Bay Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Little Bay	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00198	470	470	Ordovician	S	248882	Little Deer Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Little Deer	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00208	485	444	Ordovician		248888	Rendell Jackman Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Rendall-Jackman	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
sedcu-00270	300	300	Carboniferous	Cu	248896	Silverdale (Bear Cove) Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Bear Cove	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
vms-00219	500	500	Ordovician	S	26201	Whalesback Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Whalesback	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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