Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 23483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims)

Latitude: 50°4'3"N
Longitude: 123°8'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.0675,-123.14472222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Columbite	Copper	Geocronite	Lillianite	Linarite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Linarite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	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: Ag As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Columbite Copper Geocronite Lillianite Linarite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

27 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	30217	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	30217	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	30217	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	30217	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	30217	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	30217	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	30217	4979
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			1	30217	126
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈			1	30217	54
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			1	30217	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	30217	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	30217	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	30216,30217	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	30216	469
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	120	120	1	30218	987
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	30217	300
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30217	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	30216,30217	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30217	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	30216,30217	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	30217	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	30216	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	30217	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	30217	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	30216,30217	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	30217	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	30217	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
	vms-00091	120	120	Early Cretaceous										S	214293	Tedi Pit, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Tedi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060173	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060173
R060175	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060175
R060174	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060174

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