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Locality Name:
Cache Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 61
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61

mindat Locality ID: 31536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cache Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maggie Mine
Spatsum Claim

Latitude: 50°55'26"N
Longitude: 121°25'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.923888888889,-121.42083333333

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.

Brochantite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile
Römerite	Stannoidite	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mawsonite ()*
Mendozite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Römerite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Vinciennite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Coquimbite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile
Römerite Stannoidite Starkeyite Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	61	61	1	29714	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	61	61	1	29714	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	29715	1633
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O			1	29715	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61	61	1	29714	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	29715	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O			1	29715	136
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	61	61	1	29714	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	61	61	1	29714	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	29715	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	29715	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	29715	251
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61	61	1	29714	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61	61	1	29714	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	61	61	1	29714	92
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	61	61	0		28
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	61	61	1	29714	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61	61	2	29714,29715	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61	61	1	29714	39462
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	29715	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	29715	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	61	61	1	29714	5614
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	61	61	1	29714	80
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	61	61	1	29714	1803
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	61	61	1	29714	13

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00058	61	61	61									Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile	Cu	19949	Maggie Mine, Cache Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Maggie	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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