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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 180006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baie Verte
Betts Cove
King´s Point
Tilt Cove

Latitude: 49°52'34"N
Longitude: 55°52'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.876111111111,-55.873888888889

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Os Pb Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteAtacamiteAuricuprideBaryteBrochantiteBrucite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteKhademiteLöllingiteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMillerite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStilpnomelaneSulphur
TalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

94 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)
Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Botallackite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprospinel  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Lead  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Nisbite  (*)Osmium  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rostite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tsumoite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zircon  (*)
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
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61309161022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]130916133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)230910,309198803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS48544413090156
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe485444130901489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1309192734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2230907,309113092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O485444130912445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1309193250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2130916295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS485444230901,309129052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F130916161
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe541444130897166
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44854441308985516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)313091949
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb485444130901175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61309191633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2541444130897462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485444430910,30912,30915,3091927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24854441309015171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2488444930898,30901,30905,30908,30909,30910,30912,30915,3091927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4485444430897,30901,30907,309113902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe485444130901281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe485444130901169
Copper  (*)CopperCu541444230894,309123846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1309154165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2130919453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3485444230896,30901802
Cuprospinel  (*)SpinelCu2+Fe3+2O4001308984
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21309159895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)485444230901,309158173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O485444130912814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)130919371
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)213091630
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O613091684
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21309159617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)230907,309111188
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O13091920
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485444530898,30901,30909,30910,3091524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu485444530894,30901,30910,30912,3091530554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS485444130901170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1309196890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2541444130897205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6130916741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485444430906,30910,30912,3091514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te485444130901804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3485444230901,309125433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61309192228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O130919593
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2541444130897226
Lead  (*)CopperPb541444130894192
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2485444130901762
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)230907,309111487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485444830897,30901,30906,30907,30910,30911,30912,3091514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213091912537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8485444130912161
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24485444130901158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2485444130901300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS4854441309121066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24854441309015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485444330901,30912,3091517380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6130919254
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs485444130912633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3485444130912176
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb248544413090120
Osmium  (*)NoneOs541444130897169
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O13091923
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS485444130912767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85414441308971512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25414441308972273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34854441309011425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2488444930898,30901,30905,30908,30909,30910,30912,30915,3091939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8485444430898,30901,30910,309129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2485444530901,30910,30912,30915,3091961156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2485444130912233
Rostite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O13091910
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu54144413089746
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2485444230901,309155614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1309154894
Silver  (*)CopperAg485444230901,309125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS488444630898,30901,30905,30909,30912,3091521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4485444130901668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4485444130901586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O130910456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1309192045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2330907,30908,309113337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134854441309011803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134854441309015317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1309164899
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe485444130901100
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4485444130912380
Zinc  (*)NoneZn54144413089452
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1309165251



5 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-00213541444Cambrian-Ordovician        24654Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaTerra NovaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00207485444Ordovician        511Consolidated Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine), Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaRambler-MainMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
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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