Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 277494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims

Latitude: 50°12'0"N
Longitude: 115°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.2,-115.13333333333

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	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Rutile	Spinel

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Clay Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gorceixite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	485	359	1	29653	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	485	359	1	29653	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	359	1	29653	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	485	359	1	29653	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	485	359	1	29653	9617
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	485	359	1	29653	121
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	485	359	1	29653	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	359	1	29653	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	485	359	1	29653	17380
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	485	359	1	29653	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	359	1	29653	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	485	359	1	29653	5614

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
	ree-00206	485	359	Ordovician to Devonian											243741	Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims, Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Rock Canyon Creek (Candy)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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