Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 221128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dunbrack Mine

Latitude: 44°49'5"N
Longitude: 63°11'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.818055555556,-63.189166666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Digenite	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Woodwardite

Anglesite ()*	Anilite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Woodwardite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Digenite Fluorite Hydrotalcite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Woodwardite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	31270	2734
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	31270	88
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	31270	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	31270	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	31270	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	31270	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	31270	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	31270	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	31270	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	31270	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	31270	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	31270	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	31270	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	31270	300
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	31270	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	31270	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31270	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31270	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	31270	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	31270	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	31270	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	31270	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	31270	158
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	31270	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31270	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	31270	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31270	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31270	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	31270	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	31270	21482
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	31270	57
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	31270	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	31270	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120042	Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120042

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