Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 204680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1400	1070	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1400	1070	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1400	1070	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1400	1070	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1400	1070	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1400	1070	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1400	1070	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1400	1070	21482

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00068	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age		Yes		204679	Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Kootenay King	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
EPSL113_57_0001	1400	1350	1375 ± 25	U-Pb	host rock	zircon		Zircon	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Ross (1992)	EPSL113_57
EPSL113_57_0002	1244	1070	1157 ± 87	Pb-Pb	host rock	titanite		Titanite	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Ross (1992)	EPSL113_57
GAC18_A93_0001	1332	1308	1320 ± 12	Pb-Pb	host rock	titanite		Titanite	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Schandl (1993)	GAC18_A93
sedznpb-00132	1475	1470	1475–1470				Yes		23113	Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Sullivan	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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