Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 212
Youngest recorded age at locality: 205

mindat Locality ID: 228044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Copper Canyon Prospect
Galore Creek Cu-Au-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 57°7'15"N
Longitude: 131°23'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.120833333333,-131.39722222222

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	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite

36 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	210	205	1	29778	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	210	205	1	29778	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	210	205	1	29778	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	212	205	2	29777,29778	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	212	212	1	29777	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	210	205	1	29778	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	212	205	2	29777,29778	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	212	205	2	29777,29778	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	210	205	1	29778	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	212	205	2	29777,29778	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	210	205	1	29778	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	210	205	1	29778	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	210	205	1	29778	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	212	205	2	29777,29778	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	212	205	2	29777,29778	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	210	205	1	29778	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	210	205	1	29778	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	210	205	1	29778	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	212	205	2	29777,29778	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	212	205	2	29777,29778	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	212	212	1	29777	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	210	205	1	29778	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	212	205	2	29777,29778	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	210	205	1	29778	1236
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	210	205	1	29778	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	212	205	2	29777,29778	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	210	205	1	29778	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	210	205	1	29778	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	210	205	1	29778	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	210	205	1	29778	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	210	205	1	29778	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	210	205	1	29778	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	210	205	1	29778	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	210	205	1	29778	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	210	205	1	29778	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	210	205	1	29778	1395

2 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-00664	212	212	212									Anhydrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	228045	Copper Canyon Prospect, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Copper Canyon	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00663	210	205	210–205									Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Powellite, Pyrite, Rutile, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	195671	Galore Creek Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Galore Creek	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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