Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Scotch Lake Quarry (George's River Quarry; Dominion Coal And Steel Company Quarry; Dominion Iron And Steel Company Quarry), Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 233265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scotch Lake Quarry (George's River Quarry; Dominion Coal And Steel Company Quarry; Dominion Iron And Steel Company Quarry), Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°11'5"N
Longitude: 60°22'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.184722222222,-60.371111111111

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Hydrotalcite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Spinel
Talc

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: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Hydrotalcite None Pectolite Pyrite Spinel
Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	89
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120011	Scotch Lake Quarry (George's River Quarry; Dominion Coal And Steel Company Quarry; Dominion Iron And Steel Company Quarry), Scotch Lake, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R120011

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