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Locality Name:
Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 190

mindat Locality ID: 122804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lornex Mine

Latitude: 50°27'1"N
Longitude: 121°2'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.450277777778,-121.04277777778
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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F H Mn Mo O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteEpidote
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2021921297341588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22021921297345509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42021921297345516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)202190027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2021921297345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220219212973427198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20219001025
Copper  (*)CopperCu2021921297343846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2021921297344165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2021921297342970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S20219001027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42021900910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2021921297348173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220219009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20219212973424243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2021921297346890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320219212973414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42021921297345591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420219212973414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220219212973412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22021921297345800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2021921297341508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220219212973417380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2021900494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220219212973439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO220219003106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82021921297349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2202190061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)20219004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20219212973421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132021921297345317


2 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
PorphCu-00141202190202–190      Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, TenoriteCu122804Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaValleySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00455202192202–192      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu206400Lornex Mine, Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaLornexSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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