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Locality Name:
Bras D'Or Lake Howlite Locality, Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bras D'Or Lake Howlite Locality, Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°56'48"N
Longitude: 60°49'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.946666666667,-60.828888888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: B C Ca H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteDanburiteGypsumNoneNot in a structural group

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Danburite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Howlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)34034001588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)340340027770
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O83403400148
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O34034006890
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)5340340036



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00232340340Lower Carboniferous     Yes Cu233499Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaIonaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050588Bras D'Or Lake Howlite Locality, Iona, Victoria Co., Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R050588


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