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Locality Name:
Bright Parish, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 402
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 229730
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229730.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bright Parish, York Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zealand Station Be-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 46°3'21"N
Longitude: 66°58'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.055833333333,-66.969722222222

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRutile
ScheeliteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4024001308248803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O184024001308244286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)40240013082427770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O340240013082414640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24024001308245800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)240240013082417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4024001308242349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240240013082461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24024001308245614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4024001308244894
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)402400130824939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4024001308245251



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
Bradley_2012_015402400401±1U/Pb zircon   Zircon  221752Zealand Station Be-Mo Deposit, Bright Parish, York Co., New Brunswick, CanadaZealand StationMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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