Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 279942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Britannia Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite

28 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	150	150	2	30220,30221	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	150	66	1	30220	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	150	150	1	30220	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	150	66	1	30220	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	150	150	1	30220	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	150	2	30220,30221	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	66	1	30220	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	150	66	1	30220	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	66	1	30220	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	66	2	30220,30221	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	150	1	30220	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	66	1	30220	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	150	150	1	30220	6890
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	66	1	30220	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	150	66	1	30220	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	66	1	30220	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	150	150	2	30220,30221	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	150	2	30220,30221	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	150	66	2	30220,30221	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	150	2	30220,30221	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	66	2	30220,30221	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	150	150	2	30220,30221	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	66	2	30220,30221	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	150	66	1	30220	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	150	2	30220,30221	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	150	150	1	30220	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	150	150	1	30220	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	150	1	30220	5317

2 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_0001473	145	66	Cretaceous		age of associated magmatism									8875	Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Britannia Mine	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
	vms-00069	150	150	Jurassic or Cretaceous										S	8875	Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Britannia	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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