Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 86
Youngest recorded age at locality: 47

mindat Locality ID: 206450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Berg Cu-Mo Deposit
Coles Creek Cu Deposit
Huckleberry Mine
Ox Lake Cu Deposit
Whitling Creek Prospect (Whiting Creek Cu-Mo Deposit)

Latitude: 53°41'23"N
Longitude: 127°13'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.689722222222,-127.22361111111

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite

35 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	84	84	1	30008	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	84	84	1	30008	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	84	47	4	30005,30007,30008,30009	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	52	47	1	30005	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	82	47	2	30005,30007	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	84	47	4	30005,30007,30008,30009	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	52	47	1	30005	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	84	81	2	30008,30009	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	84	47	3	30005,30007,30009	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	86	47	5	30005,30006,30007,30008,30009	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	82	47	2	30005,30007	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	52	47	1	30005	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	52	47	1	30005	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52	47	1	30005	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	82	47	2	30005,30007	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	86	47	5	30005,30006,30007,30008,30009	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	52	47	1	30005	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	82	47	2	30005,30007	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	86	47	3	30005,30006,30008	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	52	47	1	30005	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	84	47	3	30005,30007,30008	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	84	47	3	30005,30007,30008	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	52	47	1	30005	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	86	47	4	30005,30006,30008,30009	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	86	47	4	30005,30006,30007,30008	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	82	47	2	30005,30007	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	86	47	5	30005,30006,30007,30008,30009	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	84	47	3	30005,30008,30009	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	86	47	5	30005,30006,30007,30008,30009	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	86	47	5	30005,30006,30007,30008,30009	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	84	47	2	30005,30008	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	52	47	1	30005	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	86	47	3	30005,30006,30008	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	52	47	1	30005	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	52	47	1	30005	5317

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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 ID
PorphCu-00480	52	47	52–47	Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Fluorite, Galena, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206456	Berg Cu-Mo Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Berg	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00474	86	86	86	Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206449	Coles Creek Cu Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Coles Creek	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00451	82	82	82	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Epidote, Fluorite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206396	Huckleberry Mine, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Huckleberry	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00472	84	84	84	Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206439	Ox Lake Cu Deposit, Ootsa Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Ox Lake	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
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

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