Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 204679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204679.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele 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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

5 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
sedexmvt-0006816001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age      204679Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaKootenay KingTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-0010016001000Mesoproterozoic        204679Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaKootenay KingSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
EPSL113_57_0001140013501375 ± 25U-Pbhost rockzircon  YesZircon  204680North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBelt SupergroupRoss (1992) EPSL113_57 
EPSL113_57_0002124410701157 ± 87Pb-Pbhost rocktitanite  YesTitanite  204680North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBelt SupergroupRoss (1992) EPSL113_57 
GAC18_A93_0001133213081320 ± 12Pb-Pbhost rocktitanite  YesTitanite  204680North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBelt SupergroupSchandl (1993) GAC18_A93 


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