Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 8878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°25'0"N
Longitude: 129°25'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.416666666667,-129.425

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.

Chalcopyrite	Kobellite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Neyite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Kobellite Meneghinite Molybdenite Neyite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Galena ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Neyite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈	12
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100117	British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100117
R100116	British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100116
R100113	British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100113

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