Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 387.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 194515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°1'45"N
Longitude: 63°20'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.029166666667,-63.34

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	330	300	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	387.5	270	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	330	300	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	387.5	270	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	387.5	270	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	330	300	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	330	300	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	387.5	270	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	330	300	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	330	300	21482

16 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	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Co-00082	345	271	308	Fission Track	zircon	RGR- 161	Zircon		194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00083	346	284	315	Fission Track	zircon	RGR- 162	Zircon		194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00084	375	309	342	Fission Track	zircon	RGR- 165	Zircon		194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00085	347	347	347	K-Ar	illite	RGR- 162			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00086	349	349	349	K-Ar	illite	RGR- 161			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00087	345	345	345	K-Ar	illite	RGR-165			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00088	359	359	359	K-Ar	illite	RGR-165			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Ravenhurst et al. (1989)	10.2113/gsecongeo.84.6.1471	EG84_1471
Co-00089	384.7	377.3	381	Ar-Ar	whole rock	GR-91-53 WR			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Zn-Pb Deposit	Kontak et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.7.1501	EG89_1501
Co-00090	387.3	378.3	382.8	Ar-Ar	whole rock	GR-91-42 WR			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Zn-Pb Deposit	Kontak et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.7.1501	EG89_1501
Co-00091	381.5	375.1	378.3	Ar-Ar	whole rock	GR-91-32WR			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Zn-Pb Deposit	Kontak et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.7.1501	EG89_1501
Co-00092	387.5	378.9	383.2	Ar-Ar	whole rock	GR-91-41 WR			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Zn-Pb Deposit	Kontak et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.7.1501	EG89_1501
Co-00093	385.7	379.9	382.8	Ar-Ar	whole rock	GR-91-17 WR			194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Zn-Pb Deposit	Kontak et al. (1994)	10.2113/gsecongeo.89.7.1501	EG89_1501
Co-00094	323	299	Late Carboniferous						194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada		Kontak and Sangster (1998)	10.2113/gsecongeo.93.6.845	EG93_845
Co-00095	330	300	330-300	Paleo-mag				S	194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River Pb-Zn Deposit	Pan et al. (1993)	10.1029/93GL00667	GRL20_1159
sedexmvt-00060	320	270	300-320; 303 Ma (paleomagnetism); 297±27 Ma (Ar-Ar)	paleomag, Ar-Ar					194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00092	330	300	330–300						194515	Gays River Deposit, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Gays River	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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