Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 195

mindat Locality ID: 206461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kinaskan Cu Deposit
Red Chris Mine

Latitude: 57°41'42"N
Longitude: 129°59'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.695,-129.99833333333

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	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel

22 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	210	195	1	29792	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	210	195	1	29792	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	210	195	1	29792	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	210	195	1	29792	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	210	195	1	29792	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1900	195	2	29791,29792	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	210	195	1	29792	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	210	195	1	29792	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	210	195	1	29792	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	210	195	1	29792	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	210	195	1	29792	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	210	195	1	29792	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	210	195	1	29792	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	210	195	1	29792	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	210	195	1	29792	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	210	195	1	29792	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	210	195	1	29792	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	210	195	1	29792	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	210	195	1	29792	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	195	2	29791,29792	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	210	195	1	29792	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	210	195	1	29792	21482

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-00466	1900	1800	1900–1800									Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	206431	Kinaskan Cu Deposit, Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Kinaskan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00483	210	195	210–195									Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	206460	Red Chris Mine, Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Red Chris	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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