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Locality Name:
Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 233501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°0'19"N
Longitude: 60°35'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.005277777778,-60.589444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Braunite	Brucite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Germanite	Humite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite

Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Germanite ()*
Graphite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Braunite Brucite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Germanite Humite Marcasite Nickeline
None Olivine Pyrite Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1300	1100	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1300	1100	9052
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1300	1100	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1300	1100	462
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1300	1100	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1300	1100	285
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1300	1100	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1300	1100	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1300	1100	24243
Germanite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃Fe₂Ge₂S₁₆	1300	1100	33
Graphite ()*	None	C	1300	1100	2812
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1300	1100	359
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1300	1100	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1300	1100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1300	1100	9056
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	1300	1100	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1300	1100	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1300	1100	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1300	1100	668

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
	sedznpb-00108	1300	1100	1300–1100											233501	Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Meat Cove	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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