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Locality Name:
Taseko Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85

mindat Locality ID: 206402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taseko Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°6'16"N
Longitude: 123°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.104444444444,-123.4
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 Au Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrophylliteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)685850966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5858501310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28585027198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3858501797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)85850481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)485850651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)858508173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2858509617
Gold  (*)CopperAu8585030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O858506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38585014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4858505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O48585014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2858505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28585017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28585039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)285850771


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-00456858585      Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Diaspore, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, PyrophylliteCu206402Taseko Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaTasekoSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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