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


mindat Locality ID: 30407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Branbury Gold Mine (Maple Leaf; Pine Knot)
Canty Mine
Gold Hill
Goodhope Mine (Good Hope Mine)
Mascot Mine
Mt Riordan Garnet Deposit
Nickel Plate Mine
Oregon Mine (French Mine)
Peggy Mine (Hedley Consolidated)

Latitude: 49°20'44"N
Longitude: 120°2'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.345555555556,-120.03916666667

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Pb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapolite
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Petzite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)2430053,30055,30056,300573419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3430051,30055,30057,300581534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS730050,30051,30052,30053,30056,30057,300589052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21300575509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi530051,30053,30054,30056,300571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3330053,30056,300571935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4230054,300575516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb130056175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)930050,30051,30052,30053,30054,30055,30056,30057,3005827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1300575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2930050,30051,30052,30053,30054,30055,30056,30057,3005827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)230056,300571025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS230056,30057966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1300563846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS430054,30056,30057,300584165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6330054,30056,300574135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)630051,30053,30055,30056,30057,300588173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O230056,30057814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS330050,30052,3005624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1300587437
Gold  (*)CopperAu730050,30051,30053,30054,30056,30057,3005830554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3430053,30055,30056,300571544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6630051,30053,30054,30056,30057,30058741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3330053,30056,30057104
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3230056,300585433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S230053,3005786
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2230056,30057762
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4130058229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4530053,30055,30056,30057,3005814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213005712537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi230056,3005788
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2230056,300585674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl130056139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)130056176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2430053,30054,30056,300575800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2230056,3005817380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi13005657
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)230055,300582349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS230056,30057767
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe20409
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)130055494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2230056,300581898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31300561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2830050,30051,30052,30053,30055,30056,30057,3005839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8730051,30053,30054,30055,30056,30057,300589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2930050,30051,30052,30053,30054,30055,30056,30057,3005861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21300565614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2130057317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)330053,30055,300574894
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2130056337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS430050,30052,30056,3005821482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S130056510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131300565317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O330055,30056,300574899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2330053,30056,300572562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10330055,30056,300571395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3130057297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3630053,30054,30055,30056,30057,300581247



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100114Goodhope Mine (Good Hope Mine), Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100114
R070126Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070126


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