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Locality Name:
Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 24152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Beatty Creek Aenigmatite Locality
Cassiar
Dease Lake
Galore Creek
Iskut River
Kechika River Alkaline Intrusives
Kechita River Area
Kinaskan Lake
Kutcho Project
McDame Area
McDame Creek
Mineral Mountain-Copper Butte Area
Mount Edziza
Northeast Coal Fields
Ogden Mountain
Pyramid Property
Robb Lake
Rugged Mountain Intrusion
Schaft Creek Cu-Mo-Au-Ag Deposit
Sifton Pass
Tatogga Project
Toodoggone Gold Camp
Turnagain River Area
Watson Lake

Latitude: 57°52'55"N
Longitude: 128°27'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.881944444444,-128.45833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg In Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournonite
BruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCylindriteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupNowackiiteOlivineOrpimentPalygorskitePentlanditePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
TalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

129 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)
Aktashite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Danalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iridium  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kotulskite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mannardite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Norsethite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Osmium  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petrukite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sopcheite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sulvanite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Temagamite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2210205329778,29780,297863419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61298021022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6229802,29809286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]229766,29802133
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS12978687
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S1217517512978222
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS7471129797312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)210186529772,29778,29785,29788,298028803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe129786489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6229787,29815966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2102051297781627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3429788,29789,29798,298091534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)212195329777,29778,297921588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2210195229789,297923092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1297981036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4129768708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb7471129797363
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2129802295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17571529769,29782,29786,29797,298179052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61298092060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212195429769,29777,29792,297985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)210175929778,29782,29784,29787,29788,29789,29813,29815,2981911547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)212981383
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi229786,297951966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4220186929772,29773,29777,29778,29785,29792,29798,29810,298165516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11175175129782843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31751751297821089
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2129768462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)212301329769,29777,29778,29780,29782,29783,29784,29785,29786,29789,29798,29805,2980827770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O229788,29789232
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S220195429778,29792,29798,298105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219001751529769,29772,29773,29777,29778,29781,29782,29784,29785,29786,29791,29792,29798,29810,2981627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4229768,298163902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4329768,29775,29780951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1751751297822600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81297681756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1297681025
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS129771124
Copper  (*)CopperCu2102051297783846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5129786344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS210195329769,29792,297984165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2102051297782970
Danalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S12979558
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)129787481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2101951297921027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6210205329778,29795,297984135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)217530629769,29782,29788,29789,29808,298199895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)7471129797180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)220186929772,29777,29778,29780,29785,29786,29789,29792,298108173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F229788,297892740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2212205529777,29778,29788,29789,297959617
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.912981752
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12175175129782663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4129798445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS210301229771,29778,29782,29783,29784,29786,29792,29797,29798,29808,29817,2981924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2101951297927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu210175929769,29774,29778,29781,29782,29784,29786,29792,2981530554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6229788,29789121
Graphite  (*)NoneC1297882812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31297681544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O220195329778,29792,298106890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2129768205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3220186829771,29772,29777,29778,29784,29785,29792,2981014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te129786804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3329788,29789,298165433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr129771162
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14175175129782784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4220195429787,29792,29810,298175591
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)129816116
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4129768359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)129816451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)229768,297881487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4220712029768,29771,29772,29773,29777,29778,29780,29784,29785,29786,29788,29789,29792,29795,29797,29798,29802,29809,29810,2981614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220195529769,29777,29792,29798,2981012537
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O1612981312
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS274711297975674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)229788,297894924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2220186829772,29778,29780,29785,29786,29792,29810,298165800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)129788945
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)129798153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22201751329772,29777,29778,29782,29783,29784,29785,29786,29787,29788,29789,29792,2981017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2102051297781236
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)212981330
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3175175129782511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1297842349
Osmium  (*)NoneOs129771169
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O129767306
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8229768,298161512
Petrukite  (*)Enargite Wurtzite(Cu,Ag)2(Fe,Zn)(Sn,In)S412981712
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21298162273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)210205129778494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS37471329784,29786,297971425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21900302629768,29769,29771,29772,29773,29777,29778,29780,29781,29782,29783,29784,29785,29786,29787,29788,29789,29791,29792,29797,29798,29808,29809,29810,29816,2981739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2129787771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87471729768,29784,29786,29795,29797,29798,298169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2195302029766,29768,29769,29780,29782,29783,29784,29785,29786,29787,29788,29795,29802,29805,29808,29809,29813,29816,29817,2981961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS175175129782712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2210186229772,297785614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)129802598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)210205229773,297784894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)210186429772,29785,29786,297926417
Silver  (*)CopperAg210175229778,297825186
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl210205329778,29788,29789444
Sopcheite  (*)NoneAg4Pd3Te412981624
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2129816337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS210301429769,29778,29782,29783,29784,29785,29786,29792,29795,29797,29798,29808,29817,2981921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41297891934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31751751297823418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1297872045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS412981348
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21297683337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3129786276
Temagamite  (*)NonePd3HgTe312981624
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132102051297781803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2102051297781101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13210175529769,29778,29782,29784,297865317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O210205529778,29788,29798,29809,298164899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21297682562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]129816237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10210205229778,297981395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4129816380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe212978664
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3129798297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31297981247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS175175129782372
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)229788,29789939
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42175175129782228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1298165251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1297981025



12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00468186186186      Albite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, SideriteCu206434Eaglehead Prospect, Dease Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaEagleheadSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00664212212212      Anhydrite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Magnetite, PyriteCu228045Copper Canyon Prospect, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaCopper CanyonSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00663210205210–205      Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Powellite, Pyrite, Rutile, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite, TenoriteCu195671Galore Creek Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaGalore CreekSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00473195195195      Chalcopyrite, Gold, PyriteCu206448Bronson Slope Cu-Au Deposit, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBronsonSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
vms-00074175175Jurassic       S133408Eskay Creek Mine, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaEskay CreekMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
PorphCu-00249195195195      Albite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu203681Red Bluff Prospect, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaRed BluffSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00466190018001900–1800      Chalcopyrite, PyriteCu206431Kinaskan Cu Deposit, Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaKinaskanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00483210195210–195      Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, SphaleriteCu206460Red Chris Mine, Kinaskan Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaRed ChrisSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
sedznpb-00106100100100        281821McDame Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMcDame BelleSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedznpb-00082747172.5±1.5        243642Contact Group, McDame Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaContactSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00077643047±17 Ma (paleomagnetism)paleomag       203250Robb Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaRobb LakeTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
PorphCu-00457220220220      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu206403Schaft Creek Cu-Mo-Au-Ag Deposit, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaSchaft CreekSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040109Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R040109
R070088Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070088
R060966Rough Claims, Kechika River, Sifton Pass, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060966


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