Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Emerald Mine, Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 253667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emerald Mine, Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°8'14"N
Longitude: 117°14'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.137222222222,-117.24305555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061077	Emerald Mine, Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061077

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