Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Tilt Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 293298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tilt Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tilt Cove Slag Locality

Latitude: 49°53'15"N
Longitude: 55°37'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.8875,-55.625

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Gypsum
Hydrotalcite	Khademite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fougèrite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Parabutlerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rostite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cristobalite Feldspar Gypsum
Hydrotalcite Khademite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Sulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	30919	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	30919	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	30919	3250
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	30919	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	30919	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	30919	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	30919	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	30919	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	30919	371
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	30919	20
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	30919	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	30919	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	30919	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	30919	12537
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	30919	254
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1	30919	23
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	30919	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	30919	61156
Rostite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	30919	10
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	30919	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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