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Locality Name:
Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 24654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Advocate Ophiolite Complex
Consolidated Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine)

Latitude: 49°53'40"N
Longitude: 56°15'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.894444444444,-56.261388888889
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 Au Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O Os Pb Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Pb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAuricuprideBruciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidote
LöllingiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprospinel  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lead  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nisbite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Zinc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS48544413090156
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe485444130901489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4854441309019052
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe541444130897166
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44854441308985516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb485444130901175
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2541444130897462
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24854441309015171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485444230898,3090127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4485444230897,309013902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe485444130901281
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe485444130901169
Copper  (*)CopperCu54144403846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3485444230896,30901802
Cuprospinel  (*)SpinelCu2+Fe3+2O4001308984
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4854441309018173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485444230898,3090124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu48544413090130554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS485444130901170
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2541444130897205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te485444130901804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34854441309015433
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2541444130897226
Lead  (*)CopperPb5414440192
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2485444130901762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485444230897,3090114899
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24485444130901158
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2485444130901300
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24854441309015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248544413090117380
Nisbite  (*)LöllingiteNiSb248544413090120
Osmium  (*)NoneOs541444130897169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85414441308971512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25414441308972273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34854441309011425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485444230898,3090139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8485444230898,309019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248544413090161156
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu54144413089746
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24854441309015614
Silver  (*)CopperAg4854441309015186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485444230898,3090121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4485444130901668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4485444130901586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S134854441309011803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134854441309015317
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe485444130901100
Zinc  (*)NoneZn541444052


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-00213541444Cambrian-Ordovician        24654Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaTerra NovaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00207485444Ordovician        511Consolidated Rambler Mine (Rambler Mine), Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaRambler-MainMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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