Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 24353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grasshopper Mt
Lincoln Mine
Placer Deposits

Latitude: 49°30'54"N
Longitude: 120°57'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.515,-120.955

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.

Auricupride	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Ullmannite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chengdeite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Genkinite ()*	Geversite ()*	Gold ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kashinite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nickel ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutheniridosmine ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stumpflite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*
Tolovkite ()*	Tulameenite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ir Os Ru S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Malachite Millerite
Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Ullmannite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	30118	2060
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	30117	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	30117	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	30118,30119,30121	27198
Chengdeite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ir₃Fe	1	30121	6
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	30117,30118,30121	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	30121	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	30117,30121	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	30117	9895
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	30117,30121	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	30117,30121	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	30119	24243
Genkinite ()*	None	Pt₄Sb₃	2	30117,30121	12
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	2	30117,30121	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	30119,30121	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	30117	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	30121	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	30119	804
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	2	30117,30121	119
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	30121	201
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	30121	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2	30117,30121	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	30121	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	2	30117,30121	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	0		29
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	30121	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	30117,30121	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	30117,30118,30121	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	30118,30119	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	30117	161
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	30117	1066
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	1	30117	57
Osmium ()*	None	Os	2	30120,30121	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	30117	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	30117,30121	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	30117,30119,30121	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	30117	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	30119,30121	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	0		47
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	30117	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	30117	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	30119	21482
Stumpflite ()*	Nickeline	PtSb	1	30117	7
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30118	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	2	30117,30121	66
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	30121	13
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	30121	48
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	30117	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	30121	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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