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:
Copper Mountain Mine, Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 197

mindat Locality ID: 122848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain Mine, Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°20'25"N
Longitude: 120°33'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.340277777778,-120.55527777778

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220019705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420019705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)200197027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20019705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200197027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20019703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu20019703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20019704165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S20019701027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620019704135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20019708173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20019707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu200197030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3200197014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620019702228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420019705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4200197014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200197012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200197017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200197039462



1 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
PorphCu-00142200197200–197      Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, PyriteCu122848Copper Mountain Mine, Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaCopper MountainSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...