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Locality Name:
Berg Cu-Mo Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 52
Youngest recorded age at locality: 47

mindat Locality ID: 206456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berg Cu-Mo Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°48'13"N
Longitude: 127°26'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.803611111111,-127.435

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

32 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)	52	47	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	52	47	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	52	47	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	52	47	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	52	47	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	52	47	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	52	47	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	52	47	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	52	47	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	52	47	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52	47	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	52	47	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	52	47	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	52	47	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	52	47	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	52	47	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	52	47	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	52	47	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	52	47	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	52	47	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52	47	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	52	47	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	52	47	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	52	47	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	52	47	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	52	47	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	52	47	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	52	47	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	52	47	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	52	47	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	52	47	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	52	47	5317

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-00480	52	47	52–47									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Fluorite, Galena, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206456	Berg Cu-Mo Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Berg	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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