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Locality Name:
Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 18876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grasshopper Claims
Rabbitt Mine

Latitude: 49°32'48"N
Longitude: 120°53'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.546666666667,-120.89361111111
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 As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cu Fe Ir Mg Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivine
PentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTalc
Ullmannite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Genkinite  (*)Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickel  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stumpflite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetraferroplatinum  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61301182060
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2230118,3011927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41301183902
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13011924243
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3012
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2038
Gold  (*)CopperAu13011930554
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te130119804
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413011814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2230118,3011912537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Nickel  (*)CopperNi057
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213011939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213011961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13011921482
Stumpflite  (*)NickelinePtSb07
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21301183337
Tetraferroplatinum  (*)PotaritePtFe066
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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