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Locality Name:
Pugwash, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 234608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pugwash, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Windsor Salt Mine

Latitude: 45°50'30"N
Longitude: 63°39'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.841666666667,-63.653611111111

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Clay	Danburite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Talc

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chambersite ()*	Danburite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Clay Danburite Diaspore Gypsum Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Sulphur Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	31202	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31202	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	31202	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31202	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	31202	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	31202	1252
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	31202	11
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	31202	148
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	31202	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31202	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	31202	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	31202	1398
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	31202	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31202	17380
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	31202	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	31202	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31202	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	31202	375
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	31202	20
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	31202	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	31202	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31202	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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