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Locality Name:
Hemlock Valley, Misson, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 131318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hemlock Valley, Misson, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Fe H O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehniteQuartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Laumontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10295027770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1029508173
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1029501271
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21029501898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210295061156



1 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


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