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Locality Name:
Mechanic Settlement Pluton, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 228279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mechanic Settlement Pluton, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°42'51"N
Longitude: 65°15'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.714166666667,-65.255555555556
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: Ag Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Se Si Sn Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAuricuprideChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDigeniteMeloniteMicaMillerite
NickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmannite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Froodite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moncheite  (*)Paolovite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbopalladinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sobolevskite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stillwaterite  (*)
Vysotskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)20133
Paolovite  (*)NonePd2Sn038
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Plumbopalladinite  (*)NonePd3Pb2010
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sobolevskite  (*)NickelinePdBi044
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te4024
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stillwaterite  (*)StillwateritePd8As3024
Vysotskite  (*)NonePdS053


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