Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°15'37"N
Longitude: 118°29'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.260277777778,-118.48777777778

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040099	Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R040099

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