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Locality Name:
Mount Polly Mine (Mount Polley Mine; Cariboo Bell Mine), Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 202

mindat Locality ID: 206438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Polly Mine (Mount Polley Mine; Cariboo Bell Mine), Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°33'15"N
Longitude: 121°38'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.554166666667,-121.64166666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)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
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220220203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20220208803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)20220201588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220220205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420220205516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20220205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2202202027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu20220203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20220204165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620220204135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20220208173
Gold  (*)CopperAu202202030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3202202014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4202202014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2202202012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220220205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2202202017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2202202039462


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-00471202202202      Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206438Mount Polly Mine (Mount Polley Mine; Cariboo Bell Mine), Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMt. PollySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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