Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 312

mindat Locality ID: 53350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mechanic Settlement Pluton
Penobsquis

Latitude: 45°44'3"N
Longitude: 65°20'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.734166666667,-65.338055555556

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.

Acanthite	Auricupride	Boracite	Brianroulstonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Danburite	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hilgardite	Kieserite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite	Veatchite

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 As Au B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Se Si Sn Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Auricupride Boracite Brianroulstonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Danburite Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Hilgardite Kieserite Malachite Melonite Mica Millerite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite Veatchite

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Boracite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*
Brianroulstonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chambersite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Colemanite ()*	Congolite ()*	Covellite ()*	Danburite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hilgardite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Howlite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kieserite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Kurgantaite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*
Monohydrocalcite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Paolovite ()*	Penobsquisite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Plumbopalladinite ()*	Priceite ()*	Pringleite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ruitenbergite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*
Sopcheite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Strontioginorite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Trembathite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Veatchite ()*
Volkovskite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Walkerite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	30778	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	359	323	1	30780	1588
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	359	323	1	30780	57
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	30778	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄			1	30778	101
Brianroulstonite ()*	Brianroulstonite	Ca₃B₅O₆(OH)₇Cl₂·8H₂O	359	323	1	30780	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	323	1	30780	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	323	2	30778,30780	27198
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl	359	323	2	30779,30780	11
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	30778	281
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	359	323	1	30780	144
Congolite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	359	323	2	30779,30780	6
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	30778	4165
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	359	323	1	30780	148
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	30778	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	359	323	1	30780	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	323	1	30780	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	359	323	2	30779,30780	9617
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂			1	30778	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	30778	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	30778	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	359	323	1	30780	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	323	1	30780	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	30778	804
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	359	323	1	30780	13
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS			1	30778	119
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	359	323	1	30780	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	359	323	1	30780	42
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	30778	128
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	359	312	1	30779	80
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)			1	30778	116
Kurgantaite ()*	Hilgardite	CaSrB₅O₉Cl·H₂O	359	323	2	30779,30780	6
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	359	323	2	30779,30780	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	30778	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	323	1	30780	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	30778	161
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	30778	114
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	359	323	1	30780	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	30778	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂			1	30778	133
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	359	323	2	30779,30780	55
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	359	323	1	30780	633
Paolovite ()*	None	Pd₂Sn			1	30778	38
Penobsquisite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe²⁺[B₉O₁₃(OH)₆]Cl·4H₂O	359	323	1	30780	2
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	30778	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	30778	2273
Plumbopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂			1	30778	10
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	359	323	1	30780	33
Pringleite ()*	None	Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O	359	323	1	30780	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	323	2	30778,30780	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	30778	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	323	1	30780	61156
Ruitenbergite ()*	None	Ca₉B₂₆O₃₄(OH)₂₄Cl₄·13H₂O	359	323	1	30780	2
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	359	323	2	30779,30780	46
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi			1	30778	44
Sopcheite ()*	None	Ag₄Pd₃Te₄			1	30778	24
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	30778	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	323	2	30778,30780	21482
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃			1	30778	24
Strontioginorite ()*	None	CaSrB₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	359	323	2	30779,30780	5
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	359	323	1	30780	275
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	359	323	1	30780	87
Trembathite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	359	323	1	30780	5
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	359	323	1	30780	160
Veatchite ()*	Veatchite	Sr₂B₁₁O₁₆(OH)₅·H₂O	359	323	2	30779,30780	12
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	359	323	1	30780	9
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS			1	30778	53
Walkerite ()*	None	Ca₁₆(Mg,Li)₂[B₁₃O₁₇(OH)₁₂]₄Cl₆·28H₂O	359	323	1	30780	1

2 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
	Grew_Li_2019_0114	312	312	312									Walkerite		52077	Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Penobsquis potash deposit, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada	Wilson et al. (2006)	10.1139/e05-116	CJES43_405
	Alexandra-0114	359	323	Mississippian		Age of sedimintation									15934	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine	Grice et al. (2002)	10.2113/gscanmin.40.6.1675	CM40_1675

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110153	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110153
R110150	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110150
R110152	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110152
R110149	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110149
R110151	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110151
R130537	Potash Corporation Of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation Of America Mine), Penobsquis, Cardwell Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130537

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