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Locality Name:
Murray Brook Mine, Balmoral Parish, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 16723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16723.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murray Brook Mine, Balmoral Parish, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°31'31"N
Longitude: 66°25'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.525277777778,-66.431666666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44544509052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444544505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)445445027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S44544505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2445445027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44544504165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu445445030554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS244544505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2445445039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844544509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2445445061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg44544505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS445445021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1344544505317


1 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-00168445445Ordovician       S16723Murray Brook Mine, Balmoral Parish, Restigouche Co., New Brunswick, CanadaMurray BrookMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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