Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 50761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bridgewater Mines (Leipsigate Mines; Millipsigate Lake Mines)
Chester
Gold River Gold District
Long Lake Prospect
Lunenburg
New Ross
Riverport

Latitude: 44°30'20"N
Longitude: 64°22'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.505555555556,-64.374722222222

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	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	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 Au 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:

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

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greigite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Manjiroite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Morinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pinakiolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	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)	4	31339,31347,31348,31349	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	31336	470
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	31345	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	31341,31348,31349,31351	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	31348	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	31343	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	31339,31347	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	31349	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	31342,31347	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	31349	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	31349	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	31335,31344	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	31339,31346,31347,31348,31349	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	31348,31349	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	31339,31348,31349,31351	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
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	31351	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	31345	231
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	31342	128
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	3	31339,31349,31351	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	31344,31347	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	31337,31339,31345,31347,31348,31349	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	31349	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	31341,31342,31351	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	31343	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	31335,31338,31341,31351	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	31351	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	31343,31344,31348	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	2	31342,31347	469
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	31349	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	31342,31348	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
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31339	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	31339,31342,31345,31347,31349	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2	31342,31347	200
Morinite ()*	None	NaCa₂Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)F₄·2H₂O	1	31347	22
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	31339,31345,31347,31348,31349	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	31342	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	31339,31343,31347,31348,31349	2349
Pinakiolite ()*	None	(Mg,Mn)₂(Mn³⁺,Sb⁵⁺)O₂(BO₃)	1	31343	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	31337,31339,31341,31348,31349,31351	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	31343,31344,31347	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	31351	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	31335,31337,31338,31339,31341,31343,31344,31345,31347,31348,31349,31351	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	31343	1711
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	31349	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	31341,31348,31349	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	31339,31341,31345,31347,31351	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	31342,31351	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31349	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	31341,31347,31348,31349,31351	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	2	31341,31347	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.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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