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Locality Name:
Sulphurets Deposits, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 195
Youngest recorded age at locality: 192

mindat Locality ID: 203680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sulphurets Deposits, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°30'0"N
Longitude: 130°16'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.5,-130.26666666667
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S19519202793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)19519201588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)195192011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS419519205516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)195192027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S19519205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2195192027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS19519204165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S19519201027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41951920910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)19519208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS195192024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu195192030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O19519206890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31951920104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1951920804
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4195192082
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4195192014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS219519205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2195192017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2195192039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21951920771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2195192061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO219519205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)19519206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS195192021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1319519201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1319519205317


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-00248195192195–192      Acanthite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Kesterite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Siderite, ElectrumCu203680Sulphurets Deposits, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaSulphuretsSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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