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Locality Name:
Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 488
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 146643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Betts Cove Mine
East Mine
Long Pond
Mud Pond
Nudulama Showing
Nugget Pond Mine
Red Cliff Pond
Tilt Cove Mine
West Mine

Latitude: 49°50'48"N
Longitude: 55°44'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.846666666667,-55.735833333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Löllingite	Mica
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Erythrite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Talc ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Löllingite Mica
Millerite Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	30910	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	30910	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	30907,30911	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	485	444	1	30912	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	1	30912	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	2	30910,30912	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	488	444	5	30905,30908,30909,30910,30912	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	30907,30911	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	1	30912	3846
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	485	444	1	30912	814
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	30907,30911	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	30909,30910	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	2	30910,30912	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	444	3	30906,30910,30912	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	485	444	1	30912	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	30907,30911	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	5	30906,30907,30910,30911,30912	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	485	444	1	30912	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	485	444	1	30912	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	444	1	30912	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	485	444	1	30912	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	485	444	1	30912	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	485	444	1	30912	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	488	444	5	30905,30908,30909,30910,30912	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	485	444	2	30910,30912	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	2	30910,30912	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	485	444	1	30912	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485	444	1	30912	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	488	444	3	30905,30909,30912	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	30910	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	30907,30908,30911	3337
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	485	444	1	30912	380

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00181	488	488	Ordovician	S	194178	Betts Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Betts Cove	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
vms-00214	485	444	Ordovician		25258	Tilt Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Tilt Cove East	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-00215	485	444	Ordovician		25258	Tilt Cove Mine, Betts Cove, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada	Tilt Cove West	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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