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Locality Name:
Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 21377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Tomlinson Mine
Walton Barite Mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Mine)
Whale Cove

Latitude: 45°12'22"N
Longitude: 64°1'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.206111111111,-64.032777777778

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aplowite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Groutite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Moorhouseite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pearceite ()*	Penroseite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	359	300	1	31296	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	31295	1588
Aplowite ()*	Starkeyite	Co(SO₄)·4H₂O	359	300	1	31296	6
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	359	300	1	31296	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	300	3	31295,31296,31297	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	300	1	31296	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	359	300	1	31296	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	300	2	31296,31297	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	359	300	1	31296	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	359	300	1	31296	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	300	1	31296	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	359	300	1	31296	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	359	300	1	31296	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	300	2	31295,31296	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	300	1	31296	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	300	1	31296	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	359	300	1	31296	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	300	2	31296,31297	7437
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	359	300	2	31296,31297	72
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	359	300	1	31296	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	300	2	31295,31296	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	31297	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359	300	1	31296	5591
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	359	300	1	31296	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	300	1	31296	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	359	300	2	31296,31297	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	300	1	31296	5674
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	359	300	1	31296	78
Moorhouseite ()*	Hexahydrite	Co(SO₄)·6H₂O	359	300	1	31296	14
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359	300	0		112
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	359	300	1	31296	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	359	300	1	31296	249
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	359	300	1	31296	14
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	359	300	1	31296	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	300	1	31296	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	359	300	2	31296,31297	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	300	1	31296	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	359	300	1	31296	233
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	31297	88
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	359	300	1	31296	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	300	1	31296	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	359	300	1	31296	332
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	359	300	1	31296	139
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	300	1	31296	1803

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Co-00095	330	300	330-300	Paleo-mag		Yes	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-00085	359	323	Mississippian		host rock age			7275	Walton Barite Mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Walton	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00137	330	300	330–300					7275	Walton Barite Mine (Magnet Cove Barium Corp. Mine), Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Walton	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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