Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silverton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 209672
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209672.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hewitt Mine
Willa Cu-Au-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 49°54'29"N
Longitude: 117°19'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.908055555556,-117.33305555556

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Gypsum	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Gypsum Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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	183	183	1	30192	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	183	183	1	30192	1588
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	183	183	1	30192	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	183	183	1	30192	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	183	183	1	30192	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	183	183	1	30192	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	183	183	1	30192	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	183	183	1	30192	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	183	183	1	30192	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	183	183	1	30192	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	183	183	1	30192	21482

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-00465	183	183	183									Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206430	Willa Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Silverton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Willa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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