Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1866
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1846

mindat Locality ID: 133560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Monashee Mountain
Vernon
Whiteman Creek

Latitude: 50°12'1"N
Longitude: 119°'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.200277777778,-119.00694444444

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetradymite

Alunogen ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Opal ()*	Pilsenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epsomite Fluorite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetradymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O			1	30231	272
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1866	1846	1	30230	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	30232,30233	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	30232	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1866	1846	2	30230,30234	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	30231	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	30235	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1866	1846	1	30230	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1866	1846	2	30230,30234	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	30233	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	30234	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1866	1846	1	30230	784
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	30232	234
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	30232	2994
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃			1	30234	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1866	1846	2	30230,30234	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1866	1846	2	30230,30234	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	30232,30234	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	30232	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	30234	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1866	1846	1	30230	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1866	1846	1	30230	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	30234	510

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
	Bradley_2012_098	1866	1846	1856±10	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			280519	Monashee Mountain, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Frenchman Cap Dome	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050210	Sugar Lake, Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050210

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