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Locality Name:
Salt Springs Evaporite Deposit, Hammond Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 275153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Springs Evaporite Deposit, Hammond Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clover Hill Deposit (Denison-Potacan Mine; Potacan Mine; Cassidy Potash Mine)

Latitude: 45°33'30"N
Longitude: 65°34'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.558333333333,-65.575833333333

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: B Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BoraciteBrianroulstoniteDanburiteFluoriteHilgarditeNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltRutile

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Brianroulstonite  (*)Colemanite  (*)Danburite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Halite  (*)Hilgardite  (*)Howlite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Penobsquisite  (*)
Priceite  (*)Pringleite  (*)Ruitenbergite  (*)Sellaite  (*)Trembathite  (*)
Ulexite  (*)Volkovskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1307831588
Brianroulstonite  (*)BrianroulstoniteCa3B5O6(OH)7Cl2·8H2O1307833
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O130783144
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8130783148
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21307839617
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1307831398
Hilgardite  (*)HilgarditeCa2B5O9Cl·H2O13078313
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)513078336
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O13078342
Penobsquisite  (*)NoneCa2Fe2+[B9O13(OH)6]Cl·4H2O1307832
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O13078333
Pringleite  (*)NoneCa9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13H2O1307833
Ruitenbergite  (*)NoneCa9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13H2O1307832
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF213078346
Trembathite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl1307835
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O130783160
Volkovskite  (*)NoneKCa4B22O32(OH)10Cl·4H2O1307839



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