Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 146662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Balmoral Parish
Nash Creek Project

Latitude: 47°42'32"N
Longitude: 66°15'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.708888888889,-66.265833333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

20 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	485	444	1	30809	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	445	445	1	30808	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	30809	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	445	445	2	30808,30809	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	445	445	2	30808,30809	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	445	445	1	30808	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	445	445	2	30808,30809	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	445	445	1	30808	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	445	445	2	30808,30809	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	445	445	1	30808	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	444	1	30809	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	445	445	1	30808	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	445	445	1	30808	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	1	30809	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	445	445	2	30808,30809	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	445	445	1	30808	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	445	445	2	30808,30809	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	445	445	1	30808	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	445	445	2	30808,30809	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	445	445	1	30808	5317

3 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-00155	485	444	Ordovician		146662	Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Caribou	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00178	485	444	Ordovician		146662	Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Third Portage	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00168	445	445	Ordovician	S	16723	Murray Brook Mine, Balmoral Parish, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Murray Brook	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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