Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 7000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Advocate Harbour
Colonial Copper Mine

Latitude: 45°18'13"N
Longitude: 64°45'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.303611111111,-64.761111111111

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	Analcime	Calcite	Chabazite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Ettringite	Feldspar
Malachite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barrerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Wairakite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Calcite Chabazite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Ettringite Feldspar
Malachite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Stilbite Thomsonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	300	300	1	31179	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	300	300	4	31176,31178,31180,31181	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	300	300	1	31179	1036
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	300	0		5509
Barrerite ()*	Stilbite	Na₂(Si₇Al₂)O₁₈·6H₂O	300	300	0		23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	300	3	31176,31180,31181	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	300	300	1	31176	310
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	300	300	0		3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	300	300	0		295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	300	300	4	31176,31178,31179,31180	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	300	300	1	31176	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	300	300	1	31178	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	300	300	1	31179	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	300	300	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	300	300	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	300	300	0		12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	300	300	1	31178	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	300	300	0		405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	300	300	0		1236
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	300	2	31180,31181	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	300	300	0		390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	300	300	0		189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	300	300	1	31176	268
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	300	300	0		1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	300	300	1	31180	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	300	300	0		452
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	300	300	0		73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	300	300	0		70

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
sedcu-00235	according to mindat Colonial Copper is in Nova Scotia while Dorchester is in New Brunswick

1 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
	sedcu-00235	300	300	U. Carboniferous							Yes			Cu	10790	Dorchester Copper Mine, Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada	Dorchester	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130410	Cape D'Or (Cap D'Or), Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R130410

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