Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 206426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Axe Cu-Au Deposit (Adonis)
Copper Mountain
Pleasant Valley Coal Mine
Similkameen River

Latitude: 49°29'46"N
Longitude: 120°41'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.496111111111,-120.69361111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tulameenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na O Pt S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201.6	145.5	1	30104	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	200	197	1	30106	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201.6	145.5	3	30104,30106,30110	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	30110	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	200	197	1	30106	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200	197	1	30106	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	200	197	1	30106	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	200	197	1	30106	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	200	197	1	30106	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	200	197	1	30106	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	200	197	1	30106	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30108	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	200	197	1	30106	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	201.6	145.5	0		804
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	30110	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			1	30110	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe			1	30110	128
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	200	197	1	30106	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200	197	1	30106	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	200	197	1	30106	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201.6	145.5	1	30104	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	2	30104,30106	17380
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	30110	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201.6	145.5	3	30104,30106,30110	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201.6	145.5	1	30104	9056
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			1	30110	66
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe			1	30110	48

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
	PorphCu-00461	201.6	145.5	Jurassic									Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206423	Axe Cu-Au Deposit (Adonis), Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Axe	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00142	200	197	200–197									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	122848	Copper Mountain Mine, Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Copper Mountain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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