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Locality Name:
Zinc Mountain, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 392
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 277081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinc Mountain, Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Waterloo Mine

Latitude: 51°9'59"N
Longitude: 116°22'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.166388888889,-116.38277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMica
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSodaliteSphaleriteTitaniteTridymite
Wollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O63922201296471022
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3922201296479052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39222012964727770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O392220129647232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239222012964727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63922201296474135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3922201296478173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS39222012964724243
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239222012964717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)392220129647884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS239222012964739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83922201296479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239222012964761156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl392220129647444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39222012964721482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3922201296474899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23922201296472562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33922201296471247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000850MAGMATIC STYLE: Concordant mass which cross-cuts silicate. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Jacupirangite, ijolite-urtite, nepheline and zeolite syenites.
Jen_0000851MAGMATIC STYLE: Concordant mass which cross-cuts silicate. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Jacupirangite, ijolite-urtite, nepheline and zeolite syenites.
Jen_0000852MAGMATIC STYLE: Concordant mass which cross-cuts silicate. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Jacupirangite, ijolite-urtite, nepheline and zeolite syenites.


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000850358.5354.5356.5±2U-Pb perovskite  YesPerovskite  475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000851392220392-220K-Ar biotite  Yes  475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000852280244280-244Rb-Sr whole rock  Yes  475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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