Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Specimen Pit, Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 325
Youngest recorded age at locality: 325

mindat Locality ID: 192181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Specimen Pit, Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Zircon

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na Nb O Si Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na Nb O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Columbite None Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Magnetite ()*	Richterite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	325	325	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	325	325	27770
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	325	325	518
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	325	325	9895
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	325	325	83
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	325	325	18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	325	325	14899
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	325	325	148
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	325	325	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	325	325	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000832	MAGMATIC STYLE: Bands and lenses ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Carbonatite isolated but sodalite syenite in the vicinity.

1 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
	Jen_0000832	325	325	325	U-Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			257734	Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Verity	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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