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Locality Name:
Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 173
Youngest recorded age at locality: 169

mindat Locality ID: 31084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Comox District
Holberg
Kelsey Bay
Menzies Bay
Nanimo Lakes
Port Hardy
Port McNeill
Qualicum Bay Area
Qualicum Beach
Quatsino Sound
Sayward
Silverbell Mine

Latitude: 49°54'58"N
Longitude: 125°53'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.916111111111,-125.88944444444

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.

Adelite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite
Enargite	Epidote	Gadolinite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Volborthite
Wurtzite

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite
Enargite Epidote Gadolinite Kaolinite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Palygorskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Volborthite
Wurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Connellite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Duranusite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tangeite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Volborthite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	29885,29892	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	170	170	1	29881	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	173	169	1	29889	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			2	29879,29892	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	29879	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	29879,29892	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	29885	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	173	169	4	29879,29881,29889,29898	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	29885	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	29879,29892,29894	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O			1	29885	88
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	170	170	3	29879,29881,29885	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	173	169	5	29879,29881,29882,29889,29892	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	29879	162
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	29892	966
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	29885	295
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS			1	29879	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	29885	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	170	170	2	29879,29881	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	29885,29892	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	29894	498
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	170	170	1	29881	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	170	170	1	29881	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	29892	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	173	169	1	29889	231
Duranusite ()*	None	As₄S			1	29879	8
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	170	170	1	29881	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	173	169	4	29885,29889,29892,29899	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	29892	814
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	29896	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	173	169	2	29879,29889	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	29879	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	29879,29892	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	173	169	1	29889	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	29879	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	173	169	2	29881,29889	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	29885	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	173	169	1	29889	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	29879	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	29892	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	173	169	6	29879,29881,29882,29885,29889,29892	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	29879,29885	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	29892	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	173	169	5	29879,29881,29882,29885,29889	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	173	169	4	29881,29882,29885,29889	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	29879	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	29891	306
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄			1	29879	57
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	29887,29894	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	173	169	5	29879,29881,29882,29889,29892	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	173	169	2	29881,29889	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	173	169	6	29879,29882,29885,29889,29892,29898	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	173	169	8	29879,29883,29885,29887,29889,29892,29899,29900	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	29879	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	173	169	1	29889	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	29879	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	173	169	3	29879,29889,29892	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	29879,29900	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	29879	2045
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	29885	60
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	29892	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	29879	5317
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			1	29885	155
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	170	170	1	29881	86

2 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
	PorphCu-00665	170	170	170									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diaspore, Enargite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Zunyite	Cu	228046	Hushamu Cu-Au Deposit, Holberg, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Hushamu	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00043	173	169	173–169									Ankerite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Dumortierite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	12057	Island Copper Mine (Utah Mines Ltd.), Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Island Copper	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060189	Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060189
R060191	Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060191

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