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Locality Name:
Alberta, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 15153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alberta, Canada": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Abee
Anzac Area
Bankhead
Birch Mountain Kimberlite Field
Bruderheim
Buffalo Head Hills Kimberlite Field
Calgary
Central Alberta
Coleman
Donalda
Drumheller
East Coulee
Fort MacLeod
Hinton
Lethbridge
Maybelle River Project (Maybelle River Shear Zone)
Nanton
North Saskatchewan River
Peace River
Whitecourt
Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit

Latitude: 52°50'19"N
Longitude: 114°7'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.838611111111,-114.12166666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Blödite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Heulandite	Hexahydrite	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Picromerite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tridymite	Wadsleyite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Blödite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Heulandite Hexahydrite Iron Kaolinite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Picromerite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Topaz Tridymite Wadsleyite Wurtzite

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Akimotoite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anilite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Blödite ()*
Bornite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Enargite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Eugsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Heulandite-Ba ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Jadeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Keilite ()*	Konyaite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Majorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Oldhamite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osbornite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*
Ringwoodite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Thénardite ()*
Thermonatrite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Trona ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃			1	29505	10
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	29468	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29477	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	29483	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	29498	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	29483	1534
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	88
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	29486,29496	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	29478	2060
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1400	1000	0		130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	5516
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1400	1000	0		47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	29479,29485,29486,29494	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	29477,29481	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			4	29477,29481,29492,29505	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	29468	94
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃			1	29468	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	29481	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	29468	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄			1	29468	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			3	29468,29475,29478	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	29477,29478	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	910
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	29468,29478	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1400	1000	0		484
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	1400	1000	0		32
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	29503	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	29501	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	29468	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	29471,29486,29500,29504	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1400	1000	0		1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	29483	741
Heulandite-Ba ()*	Heulandite	(Ba,Ca,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·22H₂O			1	29479	8
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1400	1000	0		251
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			4	29475,29477,29481,29505	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			4	29468,29477,29481,29505	1089
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	29505	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	29498	5591
Keilite ()*	Rocksalt	FeS			1	29468	6
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O	1400	1000	0		20
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	29479	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	29468	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	29505	24
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			3	29477,29481,29505	230
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1400	1000	0		223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	29479,29498	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	1400	1000	0		78
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS			1	29468	28
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	29503	471
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS			1	29468	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	29503	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29483	2349
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN			1	29468	20
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			2	29475,29478	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	29475,29478	2273
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	29506	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	29494,29503	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	29475	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	29468,29479,29485,29486	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29468	148
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄			1	29505	25
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29483	598
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			2	29468,29477	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	29496,29503	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	29475,29478	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	73
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈			1	29498	51
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			3	29468,29477,29481	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	1803
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1400	1000	0		299
Thermonatrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·H₂O	1400	1000	0		64
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1400	1000	0		1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂			1	29468	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			5	29468,29477,29481,29492,29505	1044
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1400	1000	0		129
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	29498	2718
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄			1	29505	13
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1400	1000	2	29510,29511	70

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00163	1000	1000	Middle Proterozoic					Cu	19046	Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Spionkop Creek 1	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00164	1000	1000	Middle Proterozoic					Cu	19046	Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Spionkop Creek 2	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
MD9_223_0001	1350	1280	1315 ± 35	U-Pb	host rocks	zircon	Zircon		4371	Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Yarrow-Creek-Spionkop Creek Cu deposits	Morton (1974)	MD9_223
MD9_223_0002	1100	1100	1100	U-Pb	host rocks	zircon	Zircon		4371	Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Yarrow-Creek-Spionkop Creek Cu deposits	Morton (1974)	MD9_223
sedcu-00169	1400	1400	Middle Proterozoic					Cu	4371	Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Yarrow Creek	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
sedcu-00170	1400	1400	Middle Proterozoic					Cu	4371	Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	Yarrow Creek-main zone	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070104	Abee Meteorite, Abee, Alberta, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070104
R060536	Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060536

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