Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Upper Fir Carbonatite, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 227762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Fir Carbonatite, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°18'33"N
Longitude: 119°10'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.309166666667,-119.175

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.

Aeschynite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Titanite

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 K Mg Na Nb O S Si Ta Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Calcite Clay Columbite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	83
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)₂(O,OH)₆	17
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110056	Upper Fir Carbonatite, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110056

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