Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 270934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Come By Chance
Conception Bay South

Latitude: 47°31'2"N
Longitude: 52°57'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.517222222222,-52.958333333333

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.

Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile

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 Ba Fe H K O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Diaspore ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	30892	11547
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	30892	481
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	30892	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	30892	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30892	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	30888	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30892	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	30892	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	30892	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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