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:
Peace River, Alberta, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 222235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peace River, Alberta, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Clear Hills
Hines Creek
Peace River Meteorite
Smoky River

Latitude: 56°7'59"N
Longitude: 117°55'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.133055555556,-117.93277777778

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Wadsleyite

Akimotoite ()*	Chromite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Jadeite ()*	Majorite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Cerite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Iron
None Pyrite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Wadsleyite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃	1	29505	10
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	29505	3902
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	29503	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	29504	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	29505	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	29505	1089
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	29505	154
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	1	29505	24
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	29505	230
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	29503	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	29503	2994
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	29506	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29503	39462
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	29505	25
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	29503	6417
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	29505	1044
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄	1	29505	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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