Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80
Youngest recorded age at locality: 79

mindat Locality ID: 206418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206418.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 51°27'49"N
Longitude: 123°37'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.463611111111,-123.62555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Siderite ()*	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: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite
Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	80	79	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	79	79	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	79	79	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	79	79	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	79	79	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	79	79	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	79	79	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	79	79	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	79	79	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	79	79	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	79	79	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	80	79	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	79	79	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	79	79	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	79	79	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	79	79	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	79	79	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	80	79	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	79	79	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	79	79	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	79	79	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	79	79	21482

2 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
	AJES44_373-00001	80	80	80										Au	206418	Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Fish Lake	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
	PorphCu-00458	79	79	79									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	206418	Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Fish Lake	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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