Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
East Kootenay, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 206471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Kootenay, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elk Valley Area
McNeil Prospect (McNeil Creek)

Latitude: 49°22'7"N
Longitude: 116°'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.368611111111,-116.00027777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	29612	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	29612	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29612	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	29612	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29612	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	29612	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29612	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	29612	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29612	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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