Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°47'20"N
Longitude: 115°40'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.788888888889,-115.67777777778

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fersmite ()*
Galena ()*	Huntite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ta Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Columbite Mica None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	120
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	83
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	69
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	105
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100118	Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100118

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