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Locality Name:
Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 24095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Highland Bell Mine
Wallace Mt.

Latitude: 49°31'29"N
Longitude: 120°55'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.524722222222,-120.92694444444

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAluniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFluoriteHarmotomeLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S329666,29667,296702793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S312966653
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS229666,296709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)229666,2967011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6129666413
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)229666,2967027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2329666,29669,2967027198
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)129666180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)229666,296708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2229666,296709617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12129666663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS229666,2967024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu229666,2967030554
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O129666290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3229666,2967014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1296661271
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412966914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2229666,296705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2229666,2967017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]229666,29670716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3229666,296701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2429666,29667,29669,2967039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8229666,296709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2429666,29667,29669,2967061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1296664894
Silver  (*)CopperAg329666,29667,296705186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1296662473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS229666,2967021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4129666586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S312966662
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13229666,296705317



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