Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 31656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31656.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carolin Mine (Ladner Creek Mine)
Eureka-Victoria Silver Mine
Giant Mascot Mine
Hope Slide

Latitude: 49°23'41"N
Longitude: 121°22'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.394722222222,-121.38277777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Cubanite
Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Picromerite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cyanochroite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Troilite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt Rh S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Cubanite
Epidote Feldspar Marcasite Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Picromerite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	102	95	1	29939	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	145	66	1	29941	489
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	29941	718
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	145	66	1	29941	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	102	95	1	29939	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	29941	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	102	95	1	29939	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	1	29941	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	145	66	1	29941	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	95	1	29939	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	145	66	1	29941	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	145	66	1	29941	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	29941	327
Cyanochroite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Cu(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	145	66	1	29941	4
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	102	95	1	29940	663
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	145	66	1	29941	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	102	95	1	29940	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	102	95	1	29939	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	145	66	1	29941	104
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	29941	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	145	66	1	29941	119
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	145	66	1	29941	1507
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	145	66	1	29941	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	2	29939,29941	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	29941	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	145	66	1	29941	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	145	66	1	29941	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	145	66	1	29941	133
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	145	66	1	29941	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	145	66	1	29941	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	145	66	1	29941	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	145	66	1	29941	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	145	66	1	29941	131
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	145	66	1	29941	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	3	29939,29940,29941	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	29939,29941	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	4	29939,29940,29941,29942	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	102	95	1	29940	6417
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	145	66	1	29941	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	102	95	2	29939,29940	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	145	66	1	29941	978
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	145	66	1	29941	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	145	66	1	29941	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	102	95	1	29940	5317
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	145	66	1	29941	1044
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	145	66	1	29941	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_671	Basal Ni-Cu sulfides in mafic-ultramafic intrusion

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
	EMBC2002_65_PNC_age	102	95			emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex					Yes			Fe, Ni, Co, Cu	30270	New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Pacific Nickel Complex	Metcalfe et al. (2002)		EMBC2002_65	emplacement of Pacific Nickel Complex
	Michelle_671	145	66	Cretaceous		Age of deposit or general age of the metallogenic province								Ni, Cu	11356	Giant Mascot Mine, Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Giant Mascot	Hoatson et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.05.002	OGR29_177	See Table. 1 Global resources of nickel metal and ages of the major nickel sulfide deposits of the world. Age can refer to the age of a specific nickel sulfide deposit, or the general age of the metallogenic province containing nickel deposits that are similar to a dated deposit (e.g. 2705 Ma Komatiite-hosted deposits in the Eastern Goldfields Province).

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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