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Locality Name:
Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 146643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Betts Cove Mine
East Mine
Long Pond
Mud Pond
Nudulama Showing
Nugget Pond Mine
Red Cliff Pond
Tilt Cove Mine
West Mine

Latitude: 49°50'48"N
Longitude: 55°44'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.846666666667,-55.735833333333
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 Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldsparLöllingiteMica
MilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelStilpnomelaneTalcVivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21309103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1309108803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2230907,309113092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O485444130912445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4854441309129052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485444230910,3091227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2488444530905,30908,30909,30910,3091227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4230907,309113902
Copper  (*)CopperCu4854441309123846
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O485444130912814
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)230907,309111188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS230909,3091024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu485444230910,3091230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485444330906,30910,3091214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34854441309125433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)230907,309111487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485444530906,30907,30910,30911,3091214899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8485444130912161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4854441309121066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248544413091217380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs485444130912633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3485444130912176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS485444130912767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2488444530905,30908,30909,30910,3091239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8485444230910,309129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485444230910,3091261156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2485444130912233
Silver  (*)CopperAg4854441309125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS488444330905,30909,3091221482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O130910456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2330907,30908,309113337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4485444130912380


3 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-00181488488Ordovician       S194178Betts Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaBetts CoveMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00214485444Ordovician        25258Tilt Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaTilt Cove EastMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00215485444Ordovician        25258Tilt Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaTilt Cove WestMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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