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Locality Name:
McMillan Brook, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 251307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McMillan Brook, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°31'7"N
Longitude: 60°38'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.518611111111,-60.639722222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite
Staurolite	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Helvine ()*
Kyanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Humite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite
Staurolite Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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