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Locality Name:
St. Lawrence, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 213735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. Lawrence, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Black Duck Fluorite Mine
Blue Beach Mine
Little Salt Cove Valley Vein
Route 220 Roadcut

Latitude: 46°54'37"N
Longitude: 55°24'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.910277777778,-55.408611111111
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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
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)21309375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)230937,3093911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)330937,30938,3093927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1309375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2230937,3093927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1309373531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1309374165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2330937,30938,309399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS230937,3093924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313093714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213093712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2230937,3093939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21309373106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2230937,3093961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13093721482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21309372718


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