Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 27397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Klinker Prospect
Sugar Lake
White Elephant Mine

Latitude: 50°15'11"N
Longitude: 119°33'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.253055555556,-119.55972222222

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epsomite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tetradymite

Alunogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Opal ()*
Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epsomite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Tetradymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	30232,30233	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30232	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	30234	27198
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	30234	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	30233	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	30234	804
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	30232	234
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	30232	2994
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	30234	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	30234	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	30234	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	30232,30234	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	30232	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	30234	4894
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	30234	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050210	Sugar Lake, Vernon, Vernon Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050210

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