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Locality Name:
Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 195
Youngest recorded age at locality: 192

mindat Locality ID: 207511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sulphurets District

Latitude: 56°28'46"N
Longitude: 130°13'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.479444444444,-130.23138888889
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparGypsumMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S195192330143,30145,301462793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1301438803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)195192230144,301461588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)195192330143,30145,3014611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41951921301465516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)195192230145,3014627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1951921301465707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2195192430143,30144,30145,3014627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1301431382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1951921301464165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1951921301461027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4195192130146910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1951921301468173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12130143663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS195192330143,30145,3014624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu195192330143,30145,3014630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O195192230144,301466890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3195192130146104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te195192130146804
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS419519213014682
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4195192330144,30145,3014614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2195192330144,30145,301465800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2195192430143,30144,30145,3014617380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]130143716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31301431425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2195192430143,30144,30145,3014639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2195192230145,30146771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2195192330143,30145,3014661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2195192330143,30145,301465614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1951921301466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1301435186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS195192330143,30145,3014621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4130143586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131951921301461803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13195192330143,30145,301465317


2 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-00247195192195–192      Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu203679Kerr Cu-Au Deposit, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaKerrSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00248195192195–192      Acanthite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Kesterite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Siderite, ElectrumCu203680Sulphurets Deposits, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaSulphuretsSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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