Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mineral King Mine, Invermere, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 69536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral King Mine, Invermere, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°20'26"N
Longitude: 116°25'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.340555555556,-116.42388888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Devilline	Ktenasite	Meneghinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Devilline Ktenasite Meneghinite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Ktenasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1600	1000	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1600	1000	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1600	1000	1089
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1600	1000	24243
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	1600	1000	75
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1600	1000	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1600	1000	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1600	1000	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1600	1000	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1600	1000	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
	sedznpb-00111	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic(?)											69536	Mineral King Mine, Invermere, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Mineral King	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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