Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 24918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blubber Bay
Gillies Bay
Little Billy Mine
Malaspina Mine
Marble Bay Mine

Latitude: 49°43'52"N
Longitude: 124°32'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.731111111111,-124.53888888889

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Epidote Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	29874,29875,29876	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	29874,29876	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	29874,29876	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	29874	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	29874,29875,29876	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	29874	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	29874,29876	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29875	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	29874,29876	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29874	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	29874,29876	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	29874,29876	1544
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	29874	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	29874	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	29874,29876	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	29874,29876	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	29874,29876	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29874	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	29874,29876	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29874	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	29874,29876	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	29875,29876	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	29874,29876	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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