Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Little Deer Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 248882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248882.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Deer Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°35'44"N
Longitude: 56°'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.595555555556,-56.0075

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Arsenic ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Marcasite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	470	470	379
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	470	470	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	470	470	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	470	470	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	470	470	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	470	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	470	470	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	470	470	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	470	470	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	470	470	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	470	470	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	470	470	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	470	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	470	470	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	470	470	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	470	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	470	470	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	470	470	2562

2 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-00198	470	470	Ordovician										S	248882	Little Deer Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Little Deer	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00208	485	444	Ordovician							Yes				248888	Rendell Jackman Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Rendall-Jackman	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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