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Locality Name:
Rainy Hollow District, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 133556
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133556.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rainy Hollow District, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maid Of Erin Mine
State Of Montana Mine

Latitude: 59°34'14"N
Longitude: 136°33'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.570555555556,-136.56444444444
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: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinel
VesuvianiteWollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
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)21295453419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1295458803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3229544,295451534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1295441036
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21295445509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4229544,295455516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12954427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S229544,295455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212954427198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1295441025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1295444165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61295444135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1295448173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4129544445
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412954414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21295445800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)129544153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212954417380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81295449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212954461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1295445186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12954421482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101295441395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3229544,29545297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31295441247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1295441025


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