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Locality Name:
Specimen Pit, Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 325
Youngest recorded age at locality: 325

mindat Locality ID: 192181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Specimen Pit, Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops 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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na Nb O Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayColumbiteNoneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelZircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fersmite  (*)
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)Magnetite  (*)Richterite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)232532503092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)325325027770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63253250518
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)232532509895
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6325325083
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F325325018
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4325325014899
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)23253250148
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O3253250652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)32532505251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000832MAGMATIC STYLE: Bands and lenses ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Carbonatite isolated but sodalite syenite in the vicinity.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000832325325325U-Pb zircon  YesZircon  257734Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaVerityWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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