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Locality Name:
Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 191569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aulac
Dorchester Point
Petitcodiak Mine
Sackville Parish

Latitude: 45°52'38"N
Longitude: 64°26'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.877222222222,-64.434722222222
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2300300230818,308215509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13081727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1308181184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S300300230818,308215707
Copper  (*)CopperCu1308183846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1308184165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1308182970
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63003001308211066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31308185433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)230030013082112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21308195674
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)130818362
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300300330818,30819,3082139462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21308185614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1308185186


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
sedcu-00235according to mindat Colonial Copper is in Nova Scotia while Dorchester is in New Brunswick


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
sedcu-00235300300U. Carboniferous       Cu10790Dorchester Copper Mine, Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, CanadaDorchesterCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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