Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Smithers, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 49

mindat Locality ID: 30654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smithers, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Big Onion Cu-Au Deposit
Duthie Mine
Glacier Gulch
Louise Lake Cu-Mo-Au-As Deposit

Latitude: 54°48'11"N
Longitude: 127°17'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.803055555556,-127.2925

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hessite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Matildite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Digenite Enargite
Epidote Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

31 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	30019	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	30019	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	30019	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	56	49	2	30017,30020	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	49	2	30017,30019	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	49	2	30017,30020	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	49	3	30017,30019,30020	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	56	49	1	30017	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	56	49	1	30017	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	30020	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	30020	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	49	1	30017	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	30019	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	30019	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	30019	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	30019	804
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂			1	30019	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S			1	30019	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	30020	5591
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	30019	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	56	49	3	30017,30019,30020	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	49	2	30017,30020	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	49	3	30017,30019,30020	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	30019	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	30019	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	30019	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	30019	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	30019,30020	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	30020	3418
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	30019	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	30019	5317

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
	PorphCu-00477	56	49	56–49									Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	206453	Big Onion Cu-Au Deposit, Smithers, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Big Onion	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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