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Locality Name:
Catface Cu-Mo Deposit, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 206394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catface Cu-Mo Deposit, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°15'20"N
Longitude: 125°58'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.255555555556,-125.98305555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Valleriite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Idaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Valleriite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	55.8	33.9	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	55.8	33.9	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	55.8	33.9	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	55.8	33.9	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55.8	33.9	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	55.8	33.9	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	55.8	33.9	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	55.8	33.9	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	55.8	33.9	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55.8	33.9	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	55.8	33.9	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	55.8	33.9	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	55.8	33.9	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	55.8	33.9	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	55.8	33.9	142
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	55.8	33.9	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55.8	33.9	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	55.8	33.9	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	55.8	33.9	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	55.8	33.9	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	55.8	33.9	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	55.8	33.9	1101
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	55.8	33.9	237
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55.8	33.9	1025

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
	PorphCu-00449	55.8	33.9	Eocene									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Graphite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206394	Catface Cu-Mo Deposit, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Catface	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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