Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 173
Youngest recorded age at locality: 169

mindat Locality ID: 276363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Island Copper Mine (Utah Mines Ltd.)

Latitude: 50°36'0"N
Longitude: 127°28'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.6,-127.4775

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	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

18 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	173	169	1	29889	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	173	169	1	29889	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	173	169	1	29889	27198
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	173	169	1	29889	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	173	169	1	29889	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	173	169	1	29889	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	173	169	1	29889	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	173	169	1	29889	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	173	169	1	29889	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	173	169	1	29889	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	173	169	1	29889	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	173	169	1	29889	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	173	169	1	29889	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	173	169	1	29889	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	173	169	1	29889	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	173	169	1	29889	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	173	169	1	29889	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	173	169	1	29889	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-00043	173	169	173–169									Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Dumortierite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	12057	Island Copper Mine (Utah Mines Ltd.), Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Island Copper	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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