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Locality Name:
Eel Brook Beach, Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 224171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eel Brook Beach, Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Seven Days Work Cliff

Latitude: 44°47'20"N
Longitude: 66°46'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.788888888889,-66.768888888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChabaziteClayCopperHeulanditeMicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteStilbiteThomsonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Copper  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22022013072627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2220220130726309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O220220130726310
Copper  (*)CopperCu2202201307263846
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O220220130726138
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O220220130726246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2202201307261271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O220220130726425
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O220220130726471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO222022013072661156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O220220130726390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O220220130726268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O220220130726452


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00331220220Triassic     Yes Cu224170Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, CanadaSloop CoveCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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