Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
McMaster Deposit, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 248610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248610.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McMaster Deposit, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°38'34"N
Longitude: 66°11'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.642777777778,-66.186944444444

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gladite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	445	445	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	445	445	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	445	445	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	445	445	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	445	445	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	445	445	67
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	445	445	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	445	445	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	445	445	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	445	445	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	445	445	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	445	445	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	445	445	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	445	445	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	445	445	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	445	445	5317

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
	vms-00166	445	445	Ordovician										S	248610	McMaster Deposit, Bathurst Parish, Gloucester Co., New Brunswick, Canada	McMaster	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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