Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Windermere District, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 26707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windermere District, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kootenay Queen Mine
West Kootenai Mine
Windermere Quarry

Latitude: 50°26'36"N
Longitude: 116°7'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.443333333333,-116.13138888889

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	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

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 C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Polybasite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Polybasite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	29659	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29659	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29657	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29657	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	29659	6890
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	29657	716
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29657	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29657	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	29659	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	29657,29658	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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