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Locality Name:
Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 252586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Black Tusk
Brandywine Creek
Britannia Beach
Daisy Lake
Gambier Island Cu Deposit
Hopkins Property
Squamish
Whistler

Latitude: 49°50'42"N
Longitude: 123°9'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.845,-123.15944444444

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Lillianite	Linarite	Malachite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Lillianite Linarite Malachite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fizélyite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	150	150	2	30220,30221	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	150	66	1	30220	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	150	150	1	30220	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	30217	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	30226	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	150	66	1	30220	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	150	150	2	30217,30220	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	30223	5516
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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	150	5	30220,30221,30223,30224,30226	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	66	1	30220	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	150	66	1	30220	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	30224	1008
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			1	30217	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	30222	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	66	3	30220,30223,30224	8173
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈			1	30217	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	66	2	30220,30221	9617
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃			1	30217	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	150	5	30217,30220,30223,30224,30226	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃			1	30217	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	66	4	30216,30217,30220,30226	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	150	150	1	30220	6890
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	30216	469
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	120	120	1	30218	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	66	2	30220,30223	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	150	66	1	30220	12537
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	30217	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	30223	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	66	2	30220,30223	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	150	150	2	30220,30221	511
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30217	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	150	7	30216,30217,30220,30221,30223,30224,30226	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	150	66	2	30220,30221	3106
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	30217	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	150	3	30220,30221,30226	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	66	8	30213,30216,30217,30220,30221,30222,30224,30226	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	150	150	2	30220,30221	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	30217	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	66	3	30216,30220,30221	4894
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	30217	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	150	66	1	30220	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	30217	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	150	7	30216,30217,30220,30221,30223,30224,30226	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	150	150	2	30217,30220	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	30226	337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	30226	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	150	150	1	30220	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	150	2	30217,30220	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
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
Jen_0001473	145	66	Cretaceous	age of associated magmatism		8875	Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Britannia Mine	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147
vms-00069	150	150	Jurassic or Cretaceous		S	8875	Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Britannia	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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