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Locality Name:
Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 233501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°0'19"N
Longitude: 60°35'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.005277777778,-60.589444444444
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 C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBrauniteBruciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGermaniteHumiteMarcasiteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyriteRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4130011000708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1300110009052
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)130011000483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2130011000462
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213001100027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2130011000285
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21300110009617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1300110001188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13001100024243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S1613001100033
Graphite  (*)NoneC1300110002812
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4130011000359
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21300110005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213001100039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81300110009056
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S1613001100037
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13001100021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41300110001934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4130011000668


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
sedznpb-00108130011001300–1100        233501Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaMeat CoveSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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