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Locality Name:
Lucky Strike Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 8945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucky Strike Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°49'23"N
Longitude: 56°51'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.823055555556,-56.866111111111

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovellite
DevillineGypsumKieseriteKtenasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStarkeyite
Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S48541902793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)48541902734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)44854190246
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)485419011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)64854190132
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS448541905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)648541901633
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4854190925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S48541905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2485419027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48541904165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS485419024243
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O485419048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O48541906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3485419014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O48541901689
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O485419075
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O48541901271
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS34854190733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485419039462
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O4854190293
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4854190292
Silver  (*)CopperAg48541905186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)48541902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS485419021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1348541901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1348541905317



3 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
vms-00187485419Ordovician-Silurian     Yes  270931Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaBuchans (Old Buchan-Oriental)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00185485419Ordovician-Silurian        8945Lucky Strike Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaBuchans (Lucky Strike-Rothermere)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 
vms-00186485419Ordovician-Silurian     Yes  248877MacLean Mine, Buchans, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, CanadaBuchans (McLean)Moiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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