Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 24462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Economy
Economy Mountain (Gerrish Mountain)
Five Islands
Gays River (Coldstream) Gold Prospect
Green Creek Howlite Occurrence
Londonderry Mines (Acadia Mines)
Truro

Latitude: 45°20'40"N
Longitude: 63°43'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.344444444444,-63.73

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilbite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Barrerite ()*
Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Howlite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mercury ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roxbyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite
Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stilbite Sulphur

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	31162	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	31164	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31165	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	31159	544
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	1	31159	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	31159,31160,31165,31172	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	31159	178
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	31161	49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	31157,31159,31160,31161,31162,31172	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	31158,31159	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	31159,31160	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	31163	2600
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	31159	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	31165	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	31160	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	31162	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	31159,31161,31165,31172	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	31163	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	31161,31164	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	31172	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	31157,31160,31172	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	31162	1689
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	1	31164	36
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	31162	1066
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	31158,31161	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	31158,31161	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	31172	770
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	31163	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	31160,31162	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	31172	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	31158,31159,31160,31161	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	31159	27
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	31165	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	31162	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	31162	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	31159	73
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	31173	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060168	Five Islands, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060168

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