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:
Colonial Copper Mine, Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 224362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colonial Copper Mine, Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bennet Brook
Cape Spencer
Fort Grunt
Horseshoe Cove

Latitude: 45°18'34"N
Longitude: 64°44'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.309444444444,-64.742777777778

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Ettringite	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz

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 Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Copper Corundum Ettringite Feldspar Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thaumasite ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	300	300	1	31179	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	300	300	3	31178,31180,31181	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	300	300	1	31179	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	2	31180,31181	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	3	31178,31179,31180	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	1	31178	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	1	31179	14640
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	300	300	1	31178	425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	2	31180,31181	61156
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	300	300	1	31180	183

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
sedcu-00235	according to mindat Colonial Copper is in Nova Scotia while Dorchester is in New Brunswick

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
	sedcu-00235	300	300	U. Carboniferous							Yes			Cu	10790	Dorchester Copper Mine, Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Dorchester	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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