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Locality Name:
Huckleberry Mine, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 82
Youngest recorded age at locality: 82

mindat Locality ID: 206396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huckleberry Mine, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°40'51"N
Longitude: 127°10'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.680833333333,-127.17805555556

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)828201588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2828205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4828205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S828205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28282027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu828203846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S828201027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)828208173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2828209617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O828206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38282014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48282014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28282012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2828205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28282017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28282039462



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-00451828282      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Fluorite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206396Huckleberry Mine, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaHuckleberrySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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