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Locality Name:
Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims, Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 243741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims, Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°12'0"N
Longitude: 115°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.2,-115.13333333333

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteClayFluoriteKaoliniteMicaNonePyrite
RutileSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prosopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)485359011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F4853590304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485359027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248535909895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248535909617
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)64853590121
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)448535905591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485359014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485359017380
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4485359039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2485359039462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO248535905614



1 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
ree-00206485359Ordovician to Devonian        243741Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims, Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaRock Canyon Creek (Candy)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 


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