Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 622
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330

mindat Locality ID: 20219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Coxheath Cu-Mo-Au Deposit
Enon Lake
Frenchvale
Gabarus Bay
Scotch Lake
Sydney Coalfield

Latitude: 46°3'14"N
Longitude: 60°19'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.053888888889,-60.321944444444

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.

Alunite	Amarantite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Blödite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Metavoltine	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Römerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Talc	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Voltaite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amarantite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Blödite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Devilline Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Metavoltine Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Römerite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur
Talc Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Titanite Voltaite

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alunite ()*	Amarantite ()*
Amarillite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dietrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hohmannite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Paracoquimbite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Voltaite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	622	620	1	31141	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	622	620	1	31141	8803
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O			4	31149,31152,31153,31155	50
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	31148	966
Amarantite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·7H₂O			1	31148	22
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	31148	6
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	330	330	2	31143,31145	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	622	620	1	31141	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	31145	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	31145	1935
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	31148	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	622	620	1	31141	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	622	620	2	31141,31145	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	622	330	5	31141,31142,31143,31145,31147	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	31142,31147	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	622	620	3	31141,31142,31145	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	31147	3902
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	31155	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	31148	136
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	330	330	1	31143	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	31145	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	31145	366
Dietrichite ()*	Halotrichite	ZnAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	31148	15
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	330	330	2	31143,31147	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	622	620	1	31141	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	31152	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			2	31152,31155	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	31142,31145	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	31147	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	622	620	2	31141,31155	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			2	31149,31152	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	622	620	3	31141,31142,31147	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	31145	804
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	31148	251
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	31148	10
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	31148	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	622	620	1	31141	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	31145	593
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	31155	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	622	330	3	31141,31143,31147	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	622	620	2	31141,31145	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	31142	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	31145	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	31145	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			3	31148,31152,31155	915
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	31148	78
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	622	620	3	31141,31144,31145	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	622	620	1	31141	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	31148	254
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	31142	511
Paracoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	31148	30
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	31147	363
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			2	31148,31149	265
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	622	620	1	31141	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31144	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	622	330	8	31141,31142,31143,31145,31147,31149,31152,31155	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	31147	89
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	622	620	1	31141	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	31145	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	31145	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	31142	712
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	31148	53
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	31148	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			2	31149,31155	293
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O			1	31152	73
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	31145	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	31142,31145	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	31142	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	31142	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	31147	3337
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	31152	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	31145	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	622	620	1	31141	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31147	2562
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O			1	31148	111

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00445	622	620	622–620									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Titanite	Cu	206381	Coxheath Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Coxheath	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	sedcu-00209	330	330	Lower Carboniferous										Cu	244667	Frenchvale, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Frenchvale	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130046	Eagle Head (Deep Cove), Gabarus Bay, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130046
R120011	Scotch Lake Quarry (George's River Quarry; Dominion Coal And Steel Company Quarry; Dominion Iron And Steel Company Quarry), Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120011

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