Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Head Island, Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 296252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Head Island, Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gull Cove
White Head Sand Beach

Latitude: 44°38'5"N
Longitude: 66°42'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.634722222222,-66.715

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.

Amphibole	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Serpentine

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar None Quartz Serpentine

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	220	220	1	30742	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	220	220	1	30742	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	220	220	1	30741	708
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	220	220	1	30742	577
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	220	220	1	30741	951
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	220	220	1	30742	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	220	220	1	30742	7437
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	220	220	0		4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	1	30742	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00331	220	220	Triassic							Yes			Cu	224170	Grand Manan Island, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Sloop Cove	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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