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Locality Name:
Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 206425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°29'39"N
Longitude: 120°59'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.494166666667,-120.99666666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	200	200	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	200	200	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	200	200	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	200	200	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	200	200	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	200	200	1089
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	200	200	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	200	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	200	200	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200	200	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	200	200	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	200	200	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200	200	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	200	200	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	200	200	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200	200	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	200	200	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	200	200	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	200	200	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200	200	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	200	200	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	200	200	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	200	200	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	200	200	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200	200	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	200	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	200	200	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	200	200	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	200	200	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	200	200	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	200	200	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
	PorphCu-00462	200	200	200									Actinolite, Albite, Bornite, Bournonite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	206425	Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Bethlehem	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050322	Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050322

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