Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Long Point Offshore Sediment Occurrence, Port Au Port Bay, St. George's District, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 233489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Long Point Offshore Sediment Occurrence, Port Au Port Bay, St. George's District, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°40'45"N
Longitude: 58°47'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.679166666667,-58.798611111111

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.

Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyroxene
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Nickeline None Olivine Pyroxene
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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