Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 9671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°17'11"N
Longitude: 129°50'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.286388888889,-129.84222222222

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	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070088	Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070088

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