Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adams Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 390

mindat Locality ID: 252581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adams Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Harper Creek Deposit
Rea Deposit
Samatosum Deposit
Twin Mountain Deposit

Latitude: 51°13'48"N
Longitude: 119°48'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.23,-119.81027777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29696	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	29696	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	29696,29697	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	29696,29699	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	29697,29699	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	29696,29699	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	29699	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	29696	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	390	390	4	29696,29697,29698,29699	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	29696	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	29696	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	29696	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	29696	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	29696	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	29696,29699	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	29696,29699	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	390	390	3	29696,29698,29699	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	29696	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	29696	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	29696	2228
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	29696	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	29696	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	29696,29699	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	29696	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	29696	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	390	390	2	29696,29698	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	390	390	4	29696,29697,29698,29699	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	29696	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	390	390	3	29696,29698,29699	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	29696	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	29699	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	390	390	4	29696,29697,29698,29699	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	390	390	3	29696,29697,29698	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29696	2562

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
	vms-00088	390	390	Devonian										S	241607	Samatosum Deposit, Adams Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Samatosum	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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