Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Powell River, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 55.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 244609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Powell River, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
OK Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 50°2'48"N
Longitude: 124°38'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.046666666667,-124.645

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Molybdenite None Palygorskite Pyrite Sphalerite
Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	55.8	33.9	1	29865	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	55.8	33.9	1	29865	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	55.8	33.9	1	29865	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	55.8	33.9	1	29865	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	55.8	33.9	1	29865	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	55.8	33.9	1	29865	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	55.8	33.9	0		306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	55.8	33.9	1	29865	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	55.8	33.9	1	29865	21482

1 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-00489	55.8	33.9	Eocene									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206468	OK Cu-Mo Deposit, Powell River, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	O.K.	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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