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Locality Name:
Giant Mascot Mine, Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 11356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giant Mascot Mine, Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°27'52"N
Longitude: 121°30'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.464444444444,-121.51361111111
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: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBruciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCubaniteMarcasiteMeloniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePicromeritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinelStauroliteTetradymiteUllmannite
Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cyanochroite  (*)
Froodite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe145660489
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2145660718
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S814566067
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1456601966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41456603902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS145660966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3145660802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2145660327
Cyanochroite  (*)PicromeriteK2Cu(SO4)2·6H2O1456604
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi214566062
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3145660104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te145660804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS145660119
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41456601507
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)145660451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21456605674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2145660207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2145660155
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2145660133
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs145660633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS145660767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S214566055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81456601512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4145660131
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)214566051
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2145660337
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)145660978
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe145660190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3145660276
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1456601044
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4145660380


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_671Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion


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
EMBC2002_65_PNC_age10295  emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex   Yes Fe, Ni, Co, Cu30270New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaPacific Nickel ComplexMetcalfe et al. (2002) EMBC2002_65emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex
Michelle_67114566Cretaceous Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province     Ni, Cu11356Giant Mascot Mine, Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaGiant MascotHoatson et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002OGR29_177See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

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