Nova Scotia Minerals: Malacitespacer

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MALACITE

Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Copper Carbonate Hydroxide


Dunbrack Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine, Halifax County
UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
 Northing 4962571
 Easting 484916
Details:
 The Dunbrack Pb, Cu, Zn, Ag Mine (really only a development prospect by modern mining standards) consists of two shafts found a few kilometers north of the village of Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County.
References:
 NSMOD #D14-009
Further Info:
 extensive information & references available in the Mineral Database
Other Minerals:
 galena, tridymite, tourmaline, fluorite, azurite, pyrrhotite, cerussite, ilmenite, djurleite, digenite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, bornite, chalcocite meneghinite, pyromorphite

Mclean Point U, Cu , Cumberland County
UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
 Northing 5080390
 Easting 451920
Details:

 The occurrence is 5 km northeast of Pugwash along the coast of the Northumberland Strait at McLean Point.

References:
 NSMOD #E13-013 , NSDNR OPEN FILE MAP 90-13
Further Info:

 Uranium minerals are in Carboniferous, clastic sedimentary rocks. An arkosic sandstone at least 25 cm thick, is intermittently radioactive along carbonaceous bedding planes. Other radioactive sections display oxidized patches. The rock strikes east-northeast and dips between 15-45° north. The uranium minerals are of an oxide-sulphate-phosphate association and include bacquerelite, schoepite, clarkeite, zippeite, bassetite, metauranocircite, and davidite.

Other Minerals:
 becquerelite, schoepite, davidite, bassetite, zippeite, clarkeite, meta-uranocircite

 

Location
UTM (NAD27)
Zone 20
 Northing 0000000
 Easting 000000
Details:
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References:
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Further Info:
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Other Minerals:
 Add'l Mineralization




 

 Cleavage: good in one direction but rarely seen

 Colour: banded light and dark green or (if crystalline), just dark green

 Fracture: conchoidal to splintery

 Hardness: 3.5-4

 Luster: dull in massive forms and silky as crystals

 Streak: green

 Possible Useage: copper ore, ornamental stone, pigment, and jewellry

 More Info: Mineral Gallery, Mineralogy Database

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