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Locality Name:
Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 30265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Brisco
Doctor Creek
Field
Hector Pass (Kicking Horse Pass)
Ice River Alkaline Complex
Invermere
Radium Hot Springs
Rock Canyon Creek
West Kootenay District
Windermere District
Yoho National Park

Latitude: 50°54'14"N
Longitude: 116°20'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.903888888889,-116.33888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophyllite
BaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBournoniteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiite
CeriteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCubanite
DevillineEdingtoniteEpidoteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIronKaolinite
KtenasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PalygorskitePectolitePentlanditePerovskitePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitanite
TridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteWöhleriteZircon

121 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Analcime  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Banalsite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Berthierine  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Edingtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euclase  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fersmite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Huntite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Kaersutite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)
Låvenite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Morimotoite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2392220229637,296423419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6392220529635,29636,29642,29645,296471022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)392220429635,29637,29643,296458803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)392220129637706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33922201296372353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3922201296351627
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O39222012963592
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33922201296351534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1296591588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2392220229635,296513092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1296551036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1296513250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2392220129635295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1600220329635,29647,296499052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F392220129635161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6392220329635,29636,296422060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2392220129635238
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O1639222012963522
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1600220429628,29635,29649,2965311547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)239222012963583
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F485359129653304
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)439222012963559
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11229630,29651843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3160010001296491089
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2129651462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)485561129635,29636,29642,29643,29645,29647,29651,29653,29659,29662,2966327770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O392220529635,29636,29642,29645,29647232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O392220129635113
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)392220129637100
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1296515707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239256729630,29632,29642,29644,29647,29662,2966327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8392220129635577
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)239222012963789
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl129655203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41296553902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1296342600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81296511756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6392220129637518
Copper  (*)CopperCu1296553846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183922201296351008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6392220329635,29642,296474135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2160056829632,29636,29649,29651,29653,29657,29662,296639895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2392220129642160
Edingtonite  (*)EdingtoniteBa(Si3Al2)O10·4H2O39222012963526
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)392220429635,29637,29642,296478173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)129651120
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2392220129635182
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6392220129637414
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2392220129635271
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O612965183
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F392220229635,296372740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2485220229635,296539617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3922201296351188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1600561129630,29632,29635,29643,29644,29647,29649,29651,29657,29662,2966324243
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O392220129635167
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6485359129653121
Graphite  (*)NoneC3922201296352812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1296596890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2392220129635209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6392220129635741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O339222012963614640
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)412965169
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3392220529635,29636,29637,29642,296455433
Iron  (*)IronFe1296551089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3129655191
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2392220229635,29642179
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44853591296535591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O1600100012964975
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4392220229637,296451507
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)239222012963563
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)439222012963558
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)39222012963582
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1296511487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4485220529635,29636,29642,29643,2965314899
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S2416001000129649158
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7129655230
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)392220329635,29636,296454924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23922201296375800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)392220129637945
Morimotoite  (*)GarnetCa3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)33922201296356
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2485220729635,29636,29637,29642,29647,29651,2965317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O392220229635,296361236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)392220529635,29636,29642,29645,29647884
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)639222012963717
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O329628,29632,29651306
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2392220129635313
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)392220129635363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81296511512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3358.5354.5229635,29642495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2392220529635,29636,29637,29642,296512273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)392220129635260
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]129657716
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)448535912965339
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21600561429630,29632,29635,29636,29637,29642,29643,29644,29647,29649,29651,29653,29662,2966339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8392220329635,29642,296479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21600220729630,29637,29642,29647,29649,29651,2965761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2485220429635,29636,29637,296535614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)160010001296494894
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O12392220229635,2963654
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3922201296356417
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl392220629635,29636,29642,29643,29645,29647444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33922201296371214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1600561129630,29632,29635,29637,29642,29647,29649,29651,29657,29662,2966321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41296551934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)392220129635589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1296592045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6129651105
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)129655703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2392220229635,296513337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316001000329649,29657,296585317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O392220129635452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)3922201296371006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O392220529635,29636,29642,29645,296474899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2392220329635,29636,296472562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1296551044
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103922201296351395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3392220229635,296471247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS392220129637372
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)392220129635939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)392220429635,29637,29642,296455251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3922201296351025


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.


6 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   Perovskite  475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000851392220392-220K-Ar biotite     475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0000852280244280-244Rb-Sr whole rock     475Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaIce RiverWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
sedznpb-0011116001000Mesoproterozoic(?)        69536Mineral King Mine, Invermere, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMineral KingSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
ree-00206485359Ordovician to Devonian        243741Deep Purple And Rock Candy Claims, Rock Canyon Creek, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaRock Canyon Creek (Candy)Orris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
sedexmvt-0007010056Late Cretaceous to Paleocene (paleomagnetism)paleomag       158912Kicking Horse Deposit, Field, Yoho National Park, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMonarch-Kicking HorseTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070125Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070125
R040112Ice River Alkaline Complex, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R040112
R100118Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100118

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