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Locality Name:
Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 133563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Boylston Quarry
Cochrane Hill Gold District
Forest Hill Mines
Goldboro Gold District (Upper Seal Harbour; Isaac's Harbour)
Goldenville (Sherbrooke)
Lower Caledonia
Miller Lake Gold District
Moose Point
Rocky Lake
Wine Harbour

Latitude: 45°13'48"N
Longitude: 61°53'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.23,-61.899166666667
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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiaspore
GarnetMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStaurolite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51312201310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS431223,31224,31226,312349052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)231219,3123211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181312254286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)431219,31223,31232,3123427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2331219,31224,3123327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21312199895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS331224,31226,3123424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1312197437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1231220,31221,31222,31223,31224,31226,31227,31228,31229,31230,31231,3123430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313123214640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21312335674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2231223,3122517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2431219,31223,31224,3123439462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3131233244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8331224,31233,312349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21431219,31220,31221,31222,31223,31224,31225,31227,31228,31229,31230,31231,31232,3123461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)131233969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21312325614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1312334894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1312196417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31312331214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS331224,31226,3123421482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)131220978


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