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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

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: 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: 
ChalcopyriteDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNoneRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Idaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S410001000088
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41000100005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210001000027198
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16100010000300
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4100010000910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10001000024243
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4100010000142
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210001000012537
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2810001000073
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131000100001803
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3100010000297
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S810001000070



2 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
sedcu-0016310001000Middle Proterozoic       Cu19046Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaSpionkop Creek 1Cox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0016410001000Middle Proterozoic       Cu19046Spionkop Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaSpionkop Creek 2Cox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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