Cunard Cove, Riverport, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canadai
Regional Level Types | |
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Cunard Cove | Cove |
Riverport | - not defined - |
Lunenburg Co. | County |
Nova Scotia | Province |
Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 19' 12'' North , 64° 15' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Lunenburg | 2,473 (2015) | 8.1km |
Bridgewater | 8,070 (2015) | 21.9km |
Chester | 1,531 (2015) | 24.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
233922
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:233922:4
GUID (UUID V4):
04b96109-483f-4bef-ab8a-35eb3d5c43dd
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
The Ovens
Beach placer deposit at Cunard Cove, Ovens Natural Park, presently yielding trace amounts of silt- to sand-size placer gold with substantial effort, rare sand- to 1 cm-size ferberite, minor coarse sand- to pebble-size scheelite, and major amounts of twinned and simple arsenopyrite crystals to several cm. These placer minerals were eroded from quartz veins in the Halifax Formation slates just above the Goldenville Formation sandstones. Both are part of the Cambro-Ordovician Meguma Group.
Discovered by James Dowling, Esq. on 13 June 1861 in a vein of quartz, 2 cm thick, on the bluff. A month later John Campbell discovered gold in the sand along the shore. It is estimated that 2000 ounces of gold were obtained until the end of 1862 (Hamilton 1868).
The chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite are visible only in polished sections. Based on the blue to cream color of fluorescence under short-wave UV light, some of the scheelite has a composition that ranges part way toward powellite, but no specimens containing 50 mole % or greater of the powellite end member have been verified by SEM.
Morelli et al. (2005) have dated bedding-concordant arsenopyrite at 407 +/- 4 Ma and bedding-discordant arsenopyrite at a similar 409 +/- 5 Ma.
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
13 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 References: |
β Ferberite Formula: FeWO4 References: |
β Galena Formula: PbS References: |
β Gold Formula: Au |
β Greigite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2S4 References: |
β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS References: |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) References: |
β Siderite Formula: FeCO3 References: |
β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
β | Greigite | 2.DA.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2S4 |
β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | Ferberite | 4.DB.30 | FeWO4 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
β | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Ferberite | FeWO4 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
O | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
S | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | β Galena | PbS |
S | β Greigite | Fe2+Fe23+S4 |
S | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
S | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
Fe | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | β Ferberite | FeWO4 |
Fe | β Greigite | Fe2+Fe23+S4 |
Fe | β Pyrite | FeS2 |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Fe | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | β Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | β Sphalerite | ZnS |
As | Arsenic | |
As | β Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
W | Tungsten | |
W | β Ferberite | FeWO4 |
W | β Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Au | Gold | |
Au | β Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | β Galena | PbS |
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References
Morelli, R. M., Creaser, R. A., Selby, D., Kontak, D. J., Horne, R. J. (2005) Rhenium-Osmium Geochronology of Arsenopyrite in Meguma Group Gold Deposits, Meguma Terrane, Nova Scotia, Canada: Evidence for Multiple Gold-Mineralizing Events. Economic Geology, 100 (6) 1229-1242 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.100.6.1229