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Locality Name:
Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 252585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bear Mountain
Big Silver Creek
Mount Breakenridge

Latitude: 49°33'17"N
Longitude: 121°49'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.554722222222,-121.82555555556
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetradymiteTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21701701299353419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1701701299358803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3102951299362353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe170170129935489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21701701299352162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3102951299371534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1701701299359052
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2170170129935700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17017012993527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217017012993527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)102951299378173
Gold  (*)CopperAu17017012993530554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O610295129937741
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21701701299355800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217017012993517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217017012993539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2170170129935771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81701701299359056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217095229935,2993761156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te417017012993564
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21701701299355614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1701701299354894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1701701299356417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17017012993521482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3170170129935276
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1701701299354899


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
EMBC2002_65_PNC_age10295  emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex   Yes Fe, Ni, Co, Cu30270New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaPacific Nickel ComplexMetcalfe et al. (2002) EMBC2002_65emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex
vms-00089170170Lower-Middle Jurassic       S18456Harrison Gold Mine (RN; Abo; GEO), Bear Mountain, Harrison Lake, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaSenecaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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