Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 31401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Ross, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cain And Riddle Mine (Old Mine; Lower Mine)
Dean And Chapter Mine (New Mine; Upper Mine)
Keddy Prospect (Lantz Pegmatite; Keddy Pegmatite)
Lake Ramsay
Reeves Pit (Reeves Tin Pit)
Turner Tin Prospect
Walker Moly Prospect (New Russell Prospect)

Latitude: 44°46'53"N
Longitude: 64°28'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.781388888889,-64.469444444444

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tungstite
Wagnerite	Zircon

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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Columbite Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Olivine Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Tungstite
Wagnerite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Manjiroite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pinakiolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Roxbyite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	31347,31348,31349	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	31345	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	31348,31349	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	31348	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31343	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	31347	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	31349	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	31347	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	31349	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	31349	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	31344	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	31346,31347,31348,31349	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	31348,31349	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	31348,31349	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	31348,31349	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	31345	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	31349	1027
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	31345	231
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		128
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	31349	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	31344,31347	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	31345,31347,31348,31349	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	31349	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31343	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	31343,31344,31348	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	31347	469
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	31349	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	31348	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	31349	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	31343,31344	770
Manjiroite ()*	Coronadite	Na(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	31344	22
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	31349	92
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	31347,31348	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	31345,31347,31349	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	31347	200
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	1	31347	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	31345,31347,31348,31349	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	31343,31347,31348,31349	2349
Pinakiolite ()*	None	(Mg,Mn)₂(Mn³⁺,Sb⁵⁺)O₂(BO₃)	1	31343	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	31348,31349	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	31343,31344,31347	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	31343,31344,31345,31347,31348,31349	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	31343	1711
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	31349	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	31348,31349	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	31345,31347	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31349	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	31347,31348,31349	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	31349	73
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	31348	668
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	31349	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	31345,31347,31349	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	31348	1059
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	31347	313
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	31347	29
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	31347	118
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	31349	2718
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2	31348,31349	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	31349	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31349	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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