Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ajax Cu-Au Deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 206
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 206420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ajax Cu-Au Deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°36'51"N
Longitude: 120°31'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.614166666667,-120.53083333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Digenite Epidote Feldspar Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	206	205	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	206	205	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	206	205	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	206	205	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	206	205	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	206	205	3846
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	206	205	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	206	205	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	206	205	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	206	205	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	206	205	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	206	205	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	206	205	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	206	205	6417

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-00460	206	205	206-205									Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Diopside, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite	Cu	206420	Ajax Cu-Au Deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Ajax	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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