Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gap Lens Deposit, Buttle Lake, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 208892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gap Lens Deposit, Buttle Lake, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°34'23"N
Longitude: 125°35'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.573055555556,-125.59166666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Digenite	Germanite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	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: Al As Ba Cu Fe Ge H K O S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Cu Fe Ge H K O S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Digenite Germanite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anilite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	383	359	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	383	359	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	359	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	383	359	110
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	383	359	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	383	359	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	383	359	1803

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
	vms-00083	383	359	Late Devonian							Yes				496	H-W Mine (Myra Falls), Buttle Lake, Vancouver Island, Alberni Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Myra Falls-Lynx	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

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