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Locality Name:
Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143

mindat Locality ID: 24725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brenda Mine
Peachland Mine

Latitude: 49°50'50"N
Longitude: 119°54'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.847222222222,-119.9025

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 As Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteGypsumMalachite
MilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1431431300681588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1300699052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21431431300685509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41431431300685516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14314313006827770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4143143130068154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2143143230068,3006927198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3143143130068802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1431431300688173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O143143130068345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS143143230068,3006924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14314313006830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1431431300686890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314314313006814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414314313006814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214314313006812537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1431431300681066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2143143230068,300695800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2143143230068,3006939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8143143230068,300699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213006961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21431431300685614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS143143230068,3006921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131300695317



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
PorphCu-00033143143143      Bornite, Calcite, Carrollite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu8859Brenda Mine, Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBrendaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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