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Locality Name:
Teahan Mine (Goodfellow Mine), Alma Parish, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 550

mindat Locality ID: 25148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25148.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teahan Mine (Goodfellow Mine), Alma Parish, Albert Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°42'58"N
Longitude: 64°59'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.716111111111,-64.988333333333
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 As Au Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Ba Cu Fe O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)750750011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS475075005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S75075005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2750750027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS750750024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu750550030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3750550014640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2750750039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg75055005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS750750021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1375075001803


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
CJES33_156_0001630550590 ± 40U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  25148Teahan Mine (Goodfellow Mine), Alma Parish, Albert Co., New Brunswick, CanadaCaledonian Highlands, New Brunswick, CanadaBarr (1996) CJES33_156 
vms-00177750750Proterozoic       S25148Teahan Mine (Goodfellow Mine), Alma Parish, Albert Co., New Brunswick, CanadaTeahanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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