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Locality Name:
Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 143804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Finlay Point
Lime Hill
Meat Cove
Orangedale
Port Hood
St. George’s Bay
St. Rose

Latitude: 46°11'49"N
Longitude: 61°10'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.196944444444,-61.169444444444
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 C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAphthitaliteArsenopyriteBaryteBrauniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGermaniteGypsumHumiteLepidocrociteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteWollastonite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Germanite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotungstite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)
Sanmartinite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6131315966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O131315272
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413001100231307,31309708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS130011001313099052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13130611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4340340231307,313155516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)13001100131309483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)213001100231308,31309462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13001100331306,31307,3130827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213001100331307,31309,3131527198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F213001100231307,31309285
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3403401313074165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61313074135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21313109895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1313078173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2130011001313099617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)13001100231307,313091188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13001100231307,3130924243
Germanite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13Fe2Ge2S161300110013130933
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1313067437
Graphite  (*)NoneC130011001313092812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O231306,313126890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O13001100131308341
Hydrotungstite  (*)NoneWO2(OH)2·H2O13130713
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)131306581
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)413001100231307,31309359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1313101487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2130011001313095674
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)213130723
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)131307153
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21313072273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213001100431307,31308,31309,3131539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813001100331307,31308,313099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213130661156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S161300110013130937
Sanmartinite  (*)ColumbiteZn(WO4)1313074
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1313074894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13001100331307,31308,3130921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O413001100231307,313091934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS413001100131309668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133403401313075317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21313072562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31313071247


2 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
sedcu-00208340340Lower Carboniferous       Cu143804Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaKirkwoodCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedznpb-00108130011001300–1100        233501Meat Cove Zinc Deposit, Meat Cove, Inverness Co., Nova Scotia, CanadaMeat CoveSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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