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Locality Name:
Beresford Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 230061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beresford Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Keymet Mine (Elmtree River Prospect)
Nigadoo Mine (Nigadoo River Mine)

Latitude: 47°46'10"N
Longitude: 65°47'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.769444444444,-65.792222222222
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCubaniteEpidote
FluoriteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStannite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1307742793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1307749052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1307741966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)230773,3077427770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS613077491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21307745171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2230773,3077427198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3130774802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)230773,307748173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21307739617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS230773,3077424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13077430554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2230773,307745674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31307741425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2230773,3077439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8230773,307749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2230773,3077461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1307745186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS230773,3077421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4130774668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131307745317


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