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Locality Name:
Brenda Mine, Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 143
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143

mindat Locality ID: 8859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brenda Mine, Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°52'40"N
Longitude: 120°'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.877777777778,-120.00555555556

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
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 Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Gypsum Malachite Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	143	143	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	143	143	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	143	143	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	143	143	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	143	143	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	143	143	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	143	143	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	143	143	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	143	143	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	143	143	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	143	143	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	143	143	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	143	143	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	143	143	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	143	143	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	143	143	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	143	143	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	143	143	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	143	143	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	143	143	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	143	143	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
	PorphCu-00033	143	143	143									Bornite, Calcite, Carrollite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	8859	Brenda Mine, Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	Brenda	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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