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Locality Name:
Bridge River Area, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 22555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bridge River Area, Lillooet Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Bonanza Creek
Bralorne Mine
BRX Deposit (Arizona)
BRX Deposit (California)
Congress Deposit
Golden Sidewalk Deposit
Ida May Deposit
Kelvin Deposit
Lucky Gem Deposit
Lucky Strike Deposit
Matson Deposit
Minto Deposit
Noel Creek
Olympic Deposit
P. E. Gold Deposit
Peerless Deposit
Piebiter Deposit (Chopper Deposit)
Pioneer Mine
Silverquick Mine
Summit Deposit
Truax Creek
Tyaughton Creek Valley Deposit
Veritas Deposit
Waterloo Deposit

Latitude: 50°51'48"N
Longitude: 122°48'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.863333333333,-122.80472222222

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: Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTourmaline
WurtziteZinkenite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1298278803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21298273092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS229827,298439052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)329827,29843,2984727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212982727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS229844,298472600
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3129847802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21298489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1298278173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12982724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu229827,2984330554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14129847784
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2229827,2984317380
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S412984757
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2229827,2984339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8229827,298439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2429827,29843,29847,2984861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS129847712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)229827,298484894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1298432705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1298276417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS229827,2984721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3429827,29830,29847,298483418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13229827,298475317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42129826228



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