Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 22199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Byron Creek Mine
Cross Kimberlite Pipe
East Kootenay
Ice (Ram 6.5 Pipe)
Kimberley
Moyie
West Kootenay

Latitude: 49°42'6"N
Longitude: 115°33'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.701666666667,-115.55444444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Feruvite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mcgillite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diamond Feldspar
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

33 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1475	1470	1	29618	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1475	1470	1	29618	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	29606	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1475	1470	1	29618	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1475	1470	1	29618	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1475	1070	6	29606,29613,29616,29618,29622,29625	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1475	1470	1	29618	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1400	1070	4	29612,29616,29622,29625	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1475	1070	5	29612,29616,29618,29622,29625	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	29606	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	29613	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1475	1470	1	29618	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1475	1470	1	29618	648
Feruvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1475	1470	1	29618	15
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1475	1070	6	29612,29616,29618,29622,29623,29625	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	29606,29613	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1475	1470	1	29618	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1475	1470	1	29618	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1475	1470	3	29606,29613,29618	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1400	1070	4	29612,29616,29622,29625	12537
Mcgillite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈Cl₂	1475	1470	1	29618	2
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1475	1470	1	29618	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	29606,29613	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1475	1470	4	29606,29612,29613,29618	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1400	1070	5	29612,29616,29621,29622,29625	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1475	1470	1	29618	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1475	1070	6	29612,29616,29618,29622,29623,29625	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1475	1470	1	29618	2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	29612	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1475	1070	6	29612,29616,29618,29622,29623,29625	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	29606,29613	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	29606,29613	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1475	1470	1	29618	5317

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00068	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age			204679	Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Kootenay King	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00100	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic					204679	Kootenay King Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Kootenay King	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
EPSL113_57_0001	1400	1350	1375 ± 25	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Zircon	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Ross (1992)	EPSL113_57
EPSL113_57_0002	1244	1070	1157 ± 87	Pb-Pb	host rock	titanite	Titanite	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Ross (1992)	EPSL113_57
GAC18_A93_0001	1332	1308	1320 ± 12	Pb-Pb	host rock	titanite	Titanite	204680	North Star Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Belt Supergroup	Schandl (1993)	GAC18_A93
sedexmvt-00080	1470	1470	1470 Ma (U/Pb and geologic relations)	U/Pb and geologic relations				23113	Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Sullivan	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00132	1475	1470	1475–1470					23113	Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Sullivan	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050441	Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050441
R110206	Sullivan Mine, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R110206

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