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Locality Name:
Mount Milligan Cu-Au Deposit, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 188
Youngest recorded age at locality: 183

mindat Locality ID: 206452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Milligan Cu-Au Deposit, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°7'22"N
Longitude: 124°1'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.122777777778,-124.0275
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)218818303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18818308803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS18818309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)218818305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)188183011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS418818305516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18818305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2188183027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu18818303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18818304165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O18818302970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S18818301027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161881830300
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18818308173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS188183024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)18818307437
Gold  (*)CopperAu188183030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3188183014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4188183014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2188183012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS218818305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2188183017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2188183039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2188183061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS188183021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1318818301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO18818301101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318818305317


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-00476188183188–183      Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Djurleite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206452Mount Milligan Cu-Au Deposit, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMt. MilliganSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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