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Locality Name:
Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 183
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.3

mindat Locality ID: 24158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Ainsworth Hot Springs
Alma Property
Beaver Mountain
Black Colt Mine
Blu Starr
Liddle Creek (Lyle Creek)
Mammoth Mine
Passmore
Rambler Mine
Riondel
Sandon
Silverton
Slocan
Three Forks
Zincton

Latitude: 49°52'50"N
Longitude: 117°15'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.880555555556,-117.25694444444

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	Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Natroautunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Roselite	Rutile	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
Natroautunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Roselite Rutile Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Xanthoconite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Minnesotaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Roselite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Trögerite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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			1	30189	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	183	183	1	30192	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	30178	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	30189	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	30189	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	183	183	1	30192	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	30199	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	30189	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	2	30185,30189	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃			1	30189	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25.1	13.3	3	30185,30189,30199	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	30189	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	30178	4286
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	30189	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	3	30185,30189,30199	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	30176	359
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	30199	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	30183	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	183	13.3	5	30183,30185,30189,30192,30197	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	30189	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	30189	363
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	30178	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	30178	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	30189	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25.1	13.3	1	30185	651
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	30189	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	183	183	1	30192	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	30189	484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	30189	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	30173,30174	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	30189	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25.1	13.3	6	30183,30185,30189,30194,30197,30199	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	183	183	1	30192	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	30178	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25.1	13.3	1	30185	61
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	183	13.3	3	30185,30189,30192	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25.1	13.3	2	30185,30189	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	30199	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	30183	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	25.1	13.3	1	30185	234
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	30189	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	30176	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	183	13.3	2	30185,30192	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	30189	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	30189	158
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	1	30185	61
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	183	183	1	30192	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	1	30185	17380
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	30189	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	30189	2349
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈			2	30175,30183	89
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O			1	30189	105
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	1	30185	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	30189	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	30183,30189	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	183	13.3	5	30183,30185,30192,30197,30199	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	30178	341
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30189	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	183	13.3	4	30185,30189,30192,30199	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25.1	13.3	9	30173,30174,30178,30182,30183,30185,30189,30197,30199	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	1	30185	1711
Roselite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	30189	23
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	30178,30189	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	2	30185,30189	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	25.1	13.3	1	30185	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	30183,30189	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	30189	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	183	13.3	5	30185,30189,30192,30197,30199	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	30178	1934
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	30189	586
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	30179	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	30183,30197	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	30178,30189	4899
Trögerite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O			1	30189	22
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	30189	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	30189	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	30178	5251

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
	sedznpb-00075	25.1	13.3	19.2±5.9											8749	Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Blue Bell	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	PorphCu-00465	183	183	183									Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite	Cu	206430	Willa Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Silverton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Willa	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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