Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Harrison Gold Mine (RN; Abo; GEO), Bear Mountain, Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 18456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18456.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harrison Gold Mine (RN; Abo; GEO), Bear Mountain, Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°20'8"N
Longitude: 121°44'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.335555555556,-121.74333333333
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
TetradymiteTitanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)217017003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17017008803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe1701700489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO217017002162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17017009052
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21701700700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)170170027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2170170027198
Gold  (*)CopperAu170170030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS217017005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2170170017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2170170039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21701700771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S817017009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2170170061156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4170170064
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217017005614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)17017004894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17017006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS170170021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31701700276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O17017004899


2 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
EMBC2002_65_PNC_age10295  emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex   Yes Fe, Ni, Co, Cu30270New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaPacific Nickel ComplexMetcalfe et al. (2002) EMBC2002_65emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex
vms-00089170170Lower-Middle Jurassic       S18456Harrison Gold Mine (RN; Abo; GEO), Bear Mountain, Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaSenecaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...