Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 379
Youngest recorded age at locality: 373

mindat Locality ID: 218003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine)

Latitude: 44°6'11"N
Longitude: 65°40'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.103055555556,-65.680555555556

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bjarebyite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stannite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Triplite	Vivianite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kellyite ()*	Kulanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mcauslanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bjarebyite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Phosphophyllite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Stannite Starkeyite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Triplite Vivianite
Zircon

48 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	379	373	1	31389	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	379	373	1	31389	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	379	373	1	31389	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	379	373	1	31389	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	379	373	1	31389	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	379	373	1	31389	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	379	373	1	31389	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	379	373	1	31389	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	379	373	1	31389	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	379	373	1	31389	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	379	373	1	31389	93
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	379	373	1	31389	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	379	373	1	31389	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	379	373	1	31389	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	379	373	1	31389	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	379	373	1	31389	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	379	373	1	31389	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	379	373	1	31389	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	5591
Kellyite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Mn²⁺,Mg,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	379	373	1	31389	11
Kulanite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaFe²⁺₂Al₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	379	373	1	31389	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	379	373	1	31389	5674
Mcauslanite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(PO₄)₃(PO₃OH)F·18H₂O	379	373	1	31389	1
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	379	373	1	31389	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	379	373	1	31389	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	379	373	1	31389	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	379	373	1	31389	326
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	379	373	1	31389	29
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	379	373	1	31389	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	379	373	1	31389	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	379	373	1	31389	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	379	373	1	31389	1711
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	379	373	1	31389	293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	379	373	1	31389	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	379	373	1	31389	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	379	373	1	31389	668
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	379	373	1	31389	232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	379	373	1	31389	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	379	373	1	31389	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	379	373	1	31389	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	379	373	1	31389	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	379	373	1	31389	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	379	373	1	31389	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	379	373	1	31389	5251

1 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
	Mo-00092	379	373	376±3	Re-Os			molybdenite				Molybdenite	Molybdenite	Mo	7276	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada		Kontak et al. (2003)		GSA_38th_Meeting_Vol35

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120064	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120064
R120065	East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120065

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