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Locality Name:
Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°21'16"N
Longitude: 120°4'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.354444444444,-120.07388888889
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 Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 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 Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteGarnetLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)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)203419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te30104
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi088
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl0139
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi057
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070126Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R070126

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