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Locality Name:
Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 217
Youngest recorded age at locality: 202

mindat Locality ID: 24853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
100 Mile House
70 Mile House
Barkerville Area
Ireland Mountain Mine
Likely
Quesnel
Quesnel River Area
Wells
Williams Lake

Latitude: 52°43'5"N
Longitude: 121°39'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.718055555556,-121.65027777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Gyrolite
Harmotome	Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite	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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na O Os Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O Pb Sr W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Gyrolite
Harmotome Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Iridium ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Platinum ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	202	202	2	29585,29587	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	29585	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	202	202	2	29585,29587	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	29561,29563	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	29585	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	29585	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	217	202	2	29586,29587	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	29573,29580,29585	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	29561	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	29569,29570	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	29588	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	202	202	1	29587	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	29585	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	217	202	3	29585,29586,29587	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	29561,29563,29580,29585	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	217	202	2	29586,29587	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	217	202	4	29573,29585,29586,29587	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	217	202	3	29569,29586,29587	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			2	29567,29580	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	217	202	2	29586,29587	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	217	203	1	29586	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	217	203	1	29586	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	202	202	1	29587	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	217	202	3	29585,29586,29587	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	29585	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	29585	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	29588	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	29573,29580,29585	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	29580	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	217	203	1	29586	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	202	202	15	29564,29565,29566,29568,29569,29570,29571,29572,29573,29576,29580,29581,29582,29583,29587	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	217	203	1	29586	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O			1	29561	142
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O			1	29585	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	202	202	2	29585,29587	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	217	202	0		341
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir			2	29569,29578	162
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	29585	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	217	202	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	217	202	5	29576,29585,29586,29587,29588	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	202	202	2	29585,29587	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	217	202	3	29585,29586,29587	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	217	202	4	29573,29585,29586,29587	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	29561,29563	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	29588	884
Osmium ()*	None	Os			1	29569	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd			1	29569	59
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	29569	485
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	29585	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	217	202	6	29569,29573,29580,29585,29586,29587	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	29585	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	29580	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	29565,29570,29572,29573,29580,29585	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)			1	29578	47
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	29585	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	29580,29585	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	29570	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	217	203	4	29573,29580,29585,29586	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	217	202	0		156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	217	202	0		589
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆			1	29561	47
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	29585	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	217	203	1	29586	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	29573,29585	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	29585	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	29585	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
	PorphCu-00469	217	203	217–203									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206435	Gibraltar Mine, Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Gibraltar	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00471	202	202	202									Actinolite, Albite, Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206438	Mount Polly Mine (Mount Polley Mine; Cariboo Bell Mine), Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Mt. Polly	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060625	Wells, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060625
R050209	Boss Mountain Mine, Williams Lake, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050209

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