Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 181

mindat Locality ID: 146672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brookfield Gold Mine
Fifteenmile Brook Mine
Molega (Malaga) Gold District
Western Head
Whiteburn Mines

Latitude: 44°15'17"N
Longitude: 64°53'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.254722222222,-64.891388888889

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

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 Be C Ca Fe H K O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Corundum ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	31367	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	31363	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	31367	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	365	181	1	31360	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	31362	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	31367	1797
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	365	181	7	31360,31361,31363,31364,31365,31369,31370	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31367	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	31363	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	365	181	8	31360,31361,31363,31364,31365,31367,31369,31370	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	31363	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	365	181	1	31360	6417

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Co-00096	261	181	221	Fission Track	zircon	RSB-5/24	Zircon	203569	Brookfield Gold Mine, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Brookfield	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00097	320	320	320	K-Ar	illite	RSB-43		203569	Brookfield Gold Mine, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Brookfield	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00098	365	365	365	K-Ar	illite	RSB-45		203569	Brookfield Gold Mine, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Brookfield	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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