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Locality Name:
Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

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

mindat Locality ID: 31162
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31162.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex), Williston Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr 

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+Si2O636132701022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)36132708803
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O361327092
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)236132703092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)23613270295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O636132702060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO23613270238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)361327011547
Bradleyite  (*)BradleyiteNa3Mg(PO4)(CO3)361327014
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5361327052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)361327027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)36132701252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2361327027198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2361327050
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O63613270518
Cordylite-(Ce)  (*)Cordylite(Na,Ca,   )BaCe2(CO3)4(F,O)361327015
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O636132704135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236132709895
Eitelite  (*)NoneNa2Mg(CO3)2361327020
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O63613270414
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6361327083
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F36132702740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF236132709617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2361327047
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS361327024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36132707437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63613270173
Huanghoite-(Ce)  (*)NoneBaCe(CO3)2F36132709
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O336132705433
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)361327082
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2361327079
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4361327014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2361327017380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S836132701512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)236132702273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2361327039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S836132709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2361327061156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)23613270148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO236132705614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)36132706417
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)3613270589
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO23613270236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)36132701006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)36132705251
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x361327027


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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