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Locality Name:
Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.3

mindat Locality ID: 8749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°45'45"N
Longitude: 116°51'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.7625,-116.86055555556

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenalite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25.1	13.3	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25.1	13.3	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25.1	13.3	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25.1	13.3	24243
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	25.1	13.3	61
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25.1	13.3	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	25.1	13.3	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	25.1	13.3	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	25.1	13.3	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	25.1	13.3	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25.1	13.3	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25.1	13.3	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25.1	13.3	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25.1	13.3	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	25.1	13.3	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25.1	13.3	21482

1 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
	sedznpb-00075	25.1	13.3	19.2±5.9											8749	Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Blue Bell	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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