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Locality Name:
Chalco Mine, Menzies Bay, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chalco Mine, Menzies Bay, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°8'25"N
Longitude: 125°25'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.140277777778,-125.41694444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleBrochantiteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCyanotrichiteEpidoteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSpinelVolborthite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Langite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tangeite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)060
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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