Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Welsford Anorogenic Igneous Complex, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 244908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Welsford Anorogenic Igneous Complex, Queens Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
McKeel Lake Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Beryl	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None
Olivine	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Augite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferro-edenite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Astrophyllite Beryl Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None
Olivine Prehnite Pyroxene Rutile Sapphirine Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	0		133
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	30805	141
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0		161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	30805	5171
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	30805	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		371
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		57
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	30805	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	30805	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	30805	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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