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:
Advocate Ophiolite Complex, Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 270932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Advocate Ophiolite Complex, Baie Verte, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Advocate Mine (Teranova Mine; Baie Verte Mine)
Middle Arm Brook Prospect

Latitude: 49°53'40"N
Longitude: 56°15'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.894444444444,-56.261666666667

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.

Auricupride	Brucite	Clay	Cubanite	Mica	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Spinel
Wurtzite

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Os Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Brucite Clay Cubanite Mica None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Spinel
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Ruthenium ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	30897	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	30897	462
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	30897	3902
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	30896	802
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	30897	205
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	30897	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	30897	14899
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	30897	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	30897	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	30897	2273
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	30897	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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