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Locality Name:
Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 4371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°16'0"N
Longitude: 113°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.266666666667,-113.86666666667
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: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi C Cu Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteDigeniteEnargiteMalachiteNoneRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Idaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S414001400088
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41400140005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214001400027198
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16140014000300
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4140014000910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14001100024243
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4140014000142
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214001400012537
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2814001400073
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131400140001803
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3140014000297
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S814001400070


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
MD9_223_0001135012801315 ± 35U-Pbhost rockszircon   Zircon  4371Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaYarrow-Creek-Spionkop Creek Cu depositsMorton (1974) MD9_223 
MD9_223_0002110011001100U-Pbhost rockszircon   Zircon  4371Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaYarrow-Creek-Spionkop Creek Cu depositsMorton (1974) MD9_223 
sedcu-0016914001400Middle Proterozoic       Cu4371Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaYarrow CreekCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-0017014001400Middle Proterozoic       Cu4371Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, CanadaYarrow Creek-main zoneCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060536Yarrow Creek, Yarrow Creek-Spionkop Creek Deposit, Alberta, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060536

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