Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 197

mindat Locality ID: 209671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Copper Mountain Mine
Ingerbelle Mine

Latitude: 49°20'25"N
Longitude: 120°33'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.340277777778,-120.555

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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 O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

20 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	200	197	1	30106	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	200	197	1	30106	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	200	197	1	30106	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	200	197	1	30106	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	197	1	30106	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	200	197	1	30106	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200	197	1	30106	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	200	197	1	30106	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	200	197	1	30106	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	200	197	1	30106	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	200	197	1	30106	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	200	197	1	30106	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	200	197	1	30106	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	200	197	1	30106	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	200	197	1	30106	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200	197	1	30106	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	200	197	1	30106	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	200	197	1	30106	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200	197	1	30106	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	197	1	30106	39462

1 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-00142	200	197	200–197									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	122848	Copper Mountain Mine, Copper Mountain, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Copper Mountain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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