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Locality Name:
Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 85
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55

mindat Locality ID: 30185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Anderson Lake
Bonaparte River
Bridge River Area
Duffey Lake Area
Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit
Fraser River
Greenbay Deposit
Laidlaw
Lillooet
Poison Mountain Cu-Au-Mo Deposit
Taseko Cu-Au-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 50°52'16"N
Longitude: 122°53'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.871111111111,-122.88611111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zinkenite	Zircon

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 B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zinkenite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Platinum ()*
Poitevinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	58	55	1	29861	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	58	55	1	29861	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	29821,29827	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	85	85	1	29862	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	29821	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	85	85	1	29862	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	80	55	2	29853,29861	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	29827	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	79	79	3	29827,29843,29853	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	29854	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	58	55	2	29852,29861	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	29821	11547
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O			1	29824	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	79	55	2	29853,29861	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	29827,29843,29847,29852,29855,29859	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	79	55	2	29853,29861	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	85	55	4	29827,29853,29861,29862	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	29855	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	29844,29847,29855	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	29856	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	58	55	1	29861	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	85	85	1	29862	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	79	55	2	29853,29861	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	29847	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	58	55	1	29861	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	85	85	1	29862	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	85	85	1	29862	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	79	55	2	29853,29861	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	29825,29848	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	79	79	1	29853	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	85	55	6	29821,29827,29853,29855,29861,29862	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	85	85	2	29821,29862	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	79	55	3	29827,29853,29861	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	58	55	2	29821,29861	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	85	79	6	29827,29843,29853,29854,29855,29862	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	85	55	4	29824,29853,29861,29862	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	85	55	4	29821,29853,29861,29862	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			2	29822,29860	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	29821,29855	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	29847	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	58	55	1	29861	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	85	79	2	29853,29862	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	85	55	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	85	55	4	29853,29855,29861,29862	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	58	55	2	29852,29861	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	79	79	1	29853	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	85	55	3	29853,29861,29862	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	85	55	6	29827,29843,29853,29855,29861,29862	17380
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄			1	29847	57
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	29855	485
Poitevinite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·H₂O			1	29824	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	85	55	6	29824,29827,29843,29853,29861,29862	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	85	85	1	29862	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	79	79	4	29827,29843,29853,29859	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	29821,29824,29827,29843,29847,29848,29852,29855,29859	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	29847	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	29855	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			5	29825,29827,29848,29855,29859	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	29843	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	29824	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	79	79	4	29821,29827,29853,29859	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	29855	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	79	55	4	29827,29847,29853,29861	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			4	29827,29830,29847,29848	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	29856	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	29860	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	58	55	1	29861	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	58	55	4	29827,29847,29852,29861	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	29855	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	29821	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29859	2562
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	29826	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	29855	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	29856	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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
AJES44_373-00001	80	80	80		Au	206418	Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Fish Lake	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
PorphCu-00458	79	79	79	Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	206418	Fish Lake Cu-Au Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Fish Lake	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00481	58	55	58–55	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206458	Poison Mountain Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Poison Mountain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00456	85	85	85	Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcopyrite, Corundum, Diaspore, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	206402	Taseko Cu-Au-Mo Deposit, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Taseko	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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