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Locality Name:
Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 361
Youngest recorded age at locality: 327

mindat Locality ID: 281433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex)

Latitude: 56°27'57"N
Longitude: 123°44'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.465833333333,-123.74916666667
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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAncyliteApatiteAragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBradleyiteBurbankiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCordyliteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteMicaMonazite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bradleyite  (*)Burbankite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cordylite-(Ce)  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eitelite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Huanghoite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zirkelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O63613271300451022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3613271300458803
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O36132713004592
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23613271300453092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2361327130045295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63613271300452060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2361327130045238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)36132713004511547
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)36132713004514
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)536132713004552
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)36132713004527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3613271300451252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS236132713004527198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)236132713004550
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6361327130045518
Cordylite-(Ce)  (*)Cordylite(Na,Ca,   )BaCe2(CO3)4(F,O)36132713004515
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63613271300454135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23613271300459895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)236132713004520
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6361327130045414
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O636132713004583
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3613271300452740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23613271300459617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F236132713004547
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS36132713004524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3613271300457437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6361327130045173
Huanghoite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBaCe(CO3)2F3613271300459
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33613271300455433
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)36132713004582
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)236132713004579
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O436132713004514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236132713004517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S83613271300451512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23613271300452273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS236132713004539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83613271300459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO236132713004561156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2361327130045148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23613271300455614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3613271300456417
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)361327130045589
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2361327130045236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3613271300451006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3613271300455251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x36132713004527


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000844MAGMATIC STYLE: 2 km diameter rauhaugite plug with some dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Surrounding ring of aegirine-magnesio-arfvedsonite rock; lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0000845MAGMATIC STYLE: 2 km diameter rauhaugite plug with some dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Surrounding ring of aegirine-magnesio-arfvedsonite rock; lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0000846MAGMATIC STYLE: 2 km diameter rauhaugite plug with some dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Surrounding ring of aegirine-magnesio-arfvedsonite rock; lamprophyre dykes.


4 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_0000844344344344        31162Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaAleyWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000845351327339±12K-Ar mica     31162Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaAleyWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000846361337349±12K-Ar mica     31162Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaAleyWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
ree-00198361337349 ± 12 Ma (K-Ar, mica) -- MississippianK-Ar mica     31162Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaAleyOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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