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Locality Name:
Gabarus Bay, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 244542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gabarus Bay, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eagle Head (Deep Cove)

Latitude: 45°52'46"N
Longitude: 60°6'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.879444444444,-60.106111111111
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDevillineMalachiteMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1311459052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1311451966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31311451935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61311451633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13114527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213114527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1311454165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O131145366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13114524243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te131145804
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O131145593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213114512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21311455674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2131145252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21311455800
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213114539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81311459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213114561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1311455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13114521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131311455317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130046Eagle Head (Deep Cove), Gabarus Bay, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R130046

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