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Locality Name:
Old Hogem, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 184
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162

mindat Locality ID: 213143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Hogem, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lorraine Cu-Au Deposit
Misty Cu Deposit

Latitude: 55°55'16"N
Longitude: 125°28'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.921111111111,-125.47222222222

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 Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSpinelTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21841841300005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4184162230000,300015516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1841841300005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2184162230000,3000127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1841841300003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1841841300004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1841841300002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1841841300001027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1841841300008173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318418413000014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4184162230000,3000114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218418413000012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218418413000017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2184162230000,3000139462
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131841841300005317



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
PorphCu-00484184184184      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, PyriteCu206462Lorraine Cu-Au Deposit, Old Hogem, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaLorraineSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
PorphCu-00479182162182–162      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, PyriteCu206455Misty Cu Deposit, Old Hogem, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaMistySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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