Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46.8

mindat Locality ID: 228150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Poplar Cu-Mo-Au Deposit
Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine)

Latitude: 54°2'59"N
Longitude: 126°51'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.049722222222,-126.85194444444

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Geocronite	Gypsum	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Guettardite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hinsdalite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Geocronite Gypsum Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	57.2	46.8	1	30012	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	75	72	1	30011	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	57.2	46.8	1	30012	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	57.2	46.8	1	30012	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	57.2	46.8	1	30012	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57.2	46.8	1	30012	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	57.2	46.8	1	30012	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	1	30012	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	46.8	1	30012	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	75	46.8	2	30011,30012	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	46.8	1	30012	4165
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	57.2	46.8	1	30012	43
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	75	46.8	2	30011,30012	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	46.8	1	30012	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	133
Guettardite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	57.2	46.8	1	30012	13
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	57.2	46.8	1	30012	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	75	72	1	30011	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	75	46.8	2	30011,30012	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	57.2	46.8	1	30012	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	75	46.8	2	30011,30012	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	252
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	57.2	46.8	1	30012	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	75	72	1	30011	5800
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	57.2	46.8	1	30012	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	57.2	46.8	1	30012	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	75	46.8	2	30011,30012	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	57.2	46.8	1	30012	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	1	30012	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	57.2	46.8	1	30012	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	1	30012	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	46.8	1	30012	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	57.2	46.8	1	30012	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	57.2	46.8	1	30012	5317

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-00478	75	72	75–72									Albite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206454	Poplar Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Poplar	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	NAVDAT-93234	57.2	46.8	52±5.2					93234						29898	Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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