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Locality Name:
Siwash Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 18916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siwash Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dolly Varden Group
Lakeview Mine
Mount Baker And Yale Mining Company
Reciprocity Claim
Roddick Claim
Ward Claims

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cu Fe Ge Hg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArgyroditeChalcopyriteCopperNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Mercury  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1297522793
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS612975262
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212975227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS229752,2975324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu629752,29753,29754,29755,29756,2975730554
Mercury  (*)NoneHg129757397
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4057
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]129752716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31297521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2229752,2975739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2629752,29753,29754,29755,29756,2975761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1297525186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12975221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131297525317



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