Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 31895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°49'5"N
Longitude: 63°11'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.818055555556,-63.189444444444

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Digenite	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Woodwardite

Anglesite ()*	Anilite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Woodwardite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Digenite Fluorite Hydrotalcite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Woodwardite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	88
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	158
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	57
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120042	Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120042

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