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Locality Name:
East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 379
Youngest recorded age at locality: 373

mindat Locality ID: 7276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°6'11"N
Longitude: 65°40'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.103055555556,-65.680555555556
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: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBjarebyiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisite
CopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePhosphophyllitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSphaleriteStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTripliteVivianite
Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kellyite  (*)Kulanite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mcauslanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Phosphophyllite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)37937308803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO237937302162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37937309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)237937305509
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23793730606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1837937304286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi37937301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S337937301935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23793730700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)379373027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO237937305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2379373027198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O379373093
Copper  (*)CopperCu37937303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS37937304165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43793730651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237937309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)37937308173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF237937309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS379373024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O37937306890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)437937305591
Kellyite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Mn2+,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4379373011
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3379373012
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2379373012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS237937305674
Mcauslanite  (*)NoneFe2+3Al2(PO4)3(PO3OH)F·18H2O37937301
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS237937305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2379373017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)37937302349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)3793730326
Phosphophyllite  (*)PhosphophylliteZn2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O379373029
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2379373039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S837937309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2379373061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)37937301711
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3793730293
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)37937306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS379373021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43793730668
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F3793730232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337937305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O37937304899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F237937301476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F3793730233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO237937302718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3793730636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)37937305251


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
Mo-00092379373376±3Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo7276East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada Kontak et al. (2003) GSA_38th_Meeting_Vol35 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120064East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120064
R120065East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project (East Kemptville Tin Mine), East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R120065

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