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Bornite from
Mount Pleasant Mine, Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Pleasant Mine, Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:99509
Long-form Identifier:1:3:99509:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘOliver Cameron mine, Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
43.0km (26.7 miles) ⓘWheal Louisiana mine (Johnson mine; McLeans mine; Back Bay mine), Saint George Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada
61.2km (38.1 miles) ⓘBig Hill Mine, Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, USA
69.7km (43.3 miles) ⓘLubec Lead Mine (Solomon Thayer Mine), Lubec, Washington County, Maine, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘGrant Brook West, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘSouth Fuchsite Zone, Springfield Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada
89.2km (55.4 miles) ⓘNorth Fuchsite Zone, Studholm Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada
89.3km (55.5 miles) ⓘAnnidale mine (Old Dick mine), Springfield Parish, Kings Co., New Brunswick, Canada
References
Parrish, I. S. (1977) Mineral Catalog for the Mount Pleasant Deposit of Brunswick Tin Mines. The Canadian Mineralogist, 15 (1) 121-126
Samson, Iain M. (1990) Fluid evolution and mineralization in a subvolcanic granite stock; the Mount Pleasant W-Mo-Sn deposits, New Brunswick, Canada. Economic Geology, 85 (1) 145-163 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.85.1.145
Thorne, K. G., Fyffe, L. R., & Creaser, R. A. (2013). Re-Os geochronological constraints on the mineralizing events within the Mount Pleasant Caldera: implications for the timing of sub-volcanic magmatism. Atlantic Geology: Journal of the Atlantic Geoscience Society/Atlantic Geology: revue de la Société Géoscientifique de l'Atlantique, 49, 131-150.
 
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