Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 330
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330

mindat Locality ID: 245374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nappan, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°47'0"N
Longitude: 64°14'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.783333333333,-64.234166666667

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sodalite

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 Cl F Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sodalite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	330	330	1588
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	330	330	82
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	330	330	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	330	330	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	330	330	1398
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	330	330	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	330	330	37
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	330	330	39462

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00262	330	330	Upper Carboniferous										Cu	245374	Nappan, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Nappan	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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