Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 19046
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19046.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°14'4"N
Longitude: 114°3'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.234444444444,-114.05083333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Digenite	Enargite	Malachite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	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: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Digenite Enargite Malachite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anilite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Enargite ()*
Galena ()*	Idaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1000	1000	88
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1000	1000	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	1000	27198
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1000	1000	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1000	1000	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	1000	24243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1000	1000	142
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	1000	12537
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1000	1000	73
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1000	1000	1803
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1000	1000	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1000	1000	70

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
	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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