Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 325
Youngest recorded age at locality: 325

mindat Locality ID: 252582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fir Carbonatite
Serpentine Carbonatite
Unnamed Locality
Verity Claim

Latitude: 52°25'0"N
Longitude: 119°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.416666666667,-119.16666666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Richterite ()*
Schorl ()*	Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Winchite ()*
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 B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tourmaline Zircon

21 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	325	325	1	29712	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	325	325	3	29708,29709,29712	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	29709	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	325	325	2	29708,29712	518
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	325	325	3	29708,29709,29712	9895
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	325	325	2	29708,29712	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	29708	2740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	325	325	1	29712	18
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	29708,29709	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29708	46
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	325	325	3	29708,29709,29712	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	29708	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	29709	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	29708	9056
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	325	325	2	29708,29712	148
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	325	325	0		2705
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	29708	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29708	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	325	325	2	29709,29712	652
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29708	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	325	325	1	29712	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000832	MAGMATIC STYLE: Bands and lenses ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Carbonatite isolated but sodalite syenite in the vicinity.

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
	Jen_0000832	325	325	325	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			257734	Verity Claim, Blue River Carbonatites, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Verity	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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