Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 206
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 206421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Afton Mine
Ajax Cu-Au Deposit
Galaxy Cu Deposit
Heffley Lake

Latitude: 50°38'22"N
Longitude: 120°29'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.639444444444,-120.48972222222

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kurilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Tantite ()*	Temagamite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tulameenite ()*

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 Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Ta Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stillwaterite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	206	205	1	29721	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	206	205	2	29721,29722	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	206	205	1	29721	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	206	205	1	29721	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	206	205	1	29721	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	206	205	1	29721	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	206	205	2	29721,29722	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	206	205	2	29721,29722	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	206	205	2	29721,29722	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	206	205	4	29721,29722,29723,29725	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	206	205	1	29721	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	206	205	1	29721	1756
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	206	205	1	29721	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	206	205	2	29721,29722	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	206	205	1	29721	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	206	205	1	29721	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	206	205	1	29722	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	206	205	1	29722	4135
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	206	205	1	29721	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	206	205	3	29721,29722,29725	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	206	205	1	29721	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	206	205	2	29721,29725	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	206	205	2	29721,29722	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	206	205	1	29721	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	206	205	1	29721	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	206	205	1	29721	5591
Kurilite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₈Te₃Se	206	205	1	29721	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	206	205	3	29721,29722,29725	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	206	205	1	29721	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	206	205	1	29721	5674
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	206	205	1	29721	44
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	206	205	2	29721,29722	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	206	205	1	29721	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	206	205	1	29721	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	206	205	1	29721	192
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	206	205	1	29721	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	206	205	4	29721,29722,29723,29725	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	29725	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	206	205	1	29721	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	206	205	1	29722	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	206	205	1	29721	337
Tantite ()*	None	Ta₂O₅	206	205	1	29721	5
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	206	205	1	29721	24
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	206	205	1	29721	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	206	205	1	29721	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	206	205	1	29721	4899
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	206	205	1	29721	48

2 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-00085	206	205	206–205									Albite, Ankerite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite	Cu	30204	Afton Mine, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Afton	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00460	206	205	206-205									Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Diopside, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite	Cu	206420	Ajax Cu-Au Deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Ajax	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061078	Afton Mine, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061078

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