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Locality Name:
Wigwam Deposit, Revelstoke Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 73302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wigwam Deposit, Revelstoke Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°52'48"N
Longitude: 117°58'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.88,-117.96777777778
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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Batisivite  (*)Celsian  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenwoodite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Zoltaiite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO554152101310
Batisivite  (*)NoneBaTi6(V,Cr)8(Si2O7)O2254152102
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)5415210100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)54152104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2541521027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O654152104135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF254152109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS541521024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC54152102812
Greenwoodite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa2-x(V3+OH)xV3+9(Fe3+,Fe2+)2Si2O2254152101
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O54152106890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4541521014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2541521017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2541521039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S854152109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2541521061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)54152102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS541521021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS54152102045
Zoltaiite  (*)NoneBaV4+2V3+12Si2O2754152101


1 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
sedznpb-00138541521Early Cambrian        73302Wigwam Deposit, Revelstoke Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaWigwamSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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