Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 380

mindat Locality ID: 253297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Moose River Gold Mines
Scheelite Mine (Stillwater Brook)

Latitude: 44°58'36"N
Longitude: 62°57'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.976666666667,-62.9625

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Tungstite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Tungstite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Tungstite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	408	380	2	31263,31264	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	408	380	2	31263,31264	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	408	380	1	31263	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	408	380	2	31263,31264	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	408	380	1	31263	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	408	380	1	31263	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	408	380	1	31264	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	408	380	2	31263,31264	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	408	380	1	31263	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	408	380	1	31263	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	408	380	1	31264	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	408	380	2	31263,31264	4894
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	408	380	1	31264	118

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
	Jen_0001442	408	380	408-380		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			253297	Moose River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	Moose River	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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