Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whitling Creek Prospect (Whiting Creek Cu-Mo Deposit), Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 84
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81

mindat Locality ID: 206429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitling Creek Prospect (Whiting Creek Cu-Mo Deposit), Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°45'29"N
Longitude: 127°12'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.758055555556,-127.215

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	84	81	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	84	81	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	84	81	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	84	81	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	84	81	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	84	81	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	84	81	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	84	81	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	84	81	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	84	81	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	84	81	39462

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-00464	84	81	84–81									Anhydrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite	Cu	206429	Whitling Creek Prospect (Whiting Creek Cu-Mo Deposit), Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Whiting Creek/Rusty Zone	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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