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:
Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 7896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°20'18"N
Longitude: 119°44'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.338333333333,-119.74388888889

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.

Analcime	Brewsterite	Calcite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Heulandite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Thomsonite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Wakefieldite-(Ce) ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H Na O S Si Sr V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H Na O S Si Sr V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Brewsterite Calcite Diaspore Fluorite Heulandite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Thomsonite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Brewsterite	Sr(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Heulandite	(Sr,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·24H₂O	9
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Wakefieldite-(Ce) ()*	Zircon	CeVO₄	9
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060542	Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060542

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