Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Windsor Salt Mine, Pugwash, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 234609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windsor Salt Mine, Pugwash, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°50'30"N
Longitude: 63°39'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.841666666667,-63.653888888889

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

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

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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