Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wells, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 252579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wells, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine
Lowhee Creek
Mosquito Creek
Red Gulch

Latitude: 53°6'27"N
Longitude: 121°36'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.1075,-121.60083333333

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.

Calcite	Copper	Kobellite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	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: Au Bi C Ca Fe O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Kobellite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	29580	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29580	27770
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	29580	344
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29580	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	29580	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	29580,29581,29582,29583	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29580	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	29580	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29580	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	29580	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29580	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060625	Wells, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060625

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