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Locality Name:
Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 25482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pilley's Island Mine
Springdale Peninsula

Latitude: 49°33'52"N
Longitude: 55°52'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.564444444444,-55.873611111111

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLöllingiteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
TitaniteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5005001309688803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3003001309722734
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs500470330968,30969,30973379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3500500130968231
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)48544413096511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)500444430965,30968,30969,3097327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3003001309724979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2500300830965,30967,30968,30969,30970,30971,30972,3097327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS500470330968,30969,309734165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3500470230969,30973802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)500444330968,30971,309738173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS500300630965,30967,30969,30971,30972,3097324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)500470330968,30969,309737437
Gold  (*)CopperAu485444230970,3097130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O330030013097214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3500470230969,309735433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6500444230965,309682228
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2500500230968,30973762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)500470230969,30973451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4500444430968,30969,30970,3097314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2500470330968,30969,309735674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2500444230965,3097317380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8500470230969,309731512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2500300830965,30967,30968,30969,30970,30971,30972,3097339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8500444530967,30968,30969,30970,309739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2500444430965,30968,30969,3097361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2500500130968233
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24854441309715614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS500444630965,30967,30969,30970,30971,3097321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133003001309725317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O500470230969,309734899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2500470230969,309732562
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS500500130968372



7 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
vms-00204485444Ordovician        220728Pilley's Island Mine, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaPilleys IslandMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00189500500Ordovician       S248892Colchester Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaColchesterMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00197500500Ordovician       S14853Little Bay Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaLittle BayMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00198470470Ordovician       S248882Little Deer Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaLittle DeerMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-00208485444Ordovician        248888Rendell Jackman Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaRendall-JackmanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
sedcu-00270300300Carboniferous       Cu248896Silverdale (Bear Cove) Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaBear CoveCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
vms-00219500500Ordovician       S26201Whalesback Mine, Springdale Peninsula, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaWhalesbackMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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