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Locality Name:
Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 46.8

mindat Locality ID: 29898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°4'59"N
Longitude: 126°42'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.083055555556,-126.71416666667

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Geocronite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berryite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Guettardite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Geocronite Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	57.2	46.8	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	57.2	46.8	315
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	57.2	46.8	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	57.2	46.8	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	57.2	46.8	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	57.2	46.8	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	57.2	46.8	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57.2	46.8	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	57.2	46.8	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	57.2	46.8	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	46.8	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.2	46.8	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	46.8	4165
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	57.2	46.8	43
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	57.2	46.8	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	57.2	46.8	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	57.2	46.8	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	46.8	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	57.2	46.8	133
Guettardite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	57.2	46.8	13
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	57.2	46.8	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	46.8	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	57.2	46.8	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	57.2	46.8	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	57.2	46.8	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	57.2	46.8	252
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	57.2	46.8	158
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	57.2	46.8	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	57.2	46.8	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	57.2	46.8	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	57.2	46.8	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.2	46.8	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	57.2	46.8	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	46.8	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	57.2	46.8	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	57.2	46.8	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	57.2	46.8	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	46.8	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	57.2	46.8	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	57.2	46.8	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	57.2	46.8	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
	NAVDAT-93234	57.2	46.8	52±5.2					93234						29898	Silver Queen Mine (Nadina Mine), Owen Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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