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Locality Name:
Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 276177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine

Latitude: 55°24'59"N
Longitude: 129°25'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.416388888889,-129.42472222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteKobelliteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNeyiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Neyite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3130127315
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213012727198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5130127344
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13012724243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21301275800
Neyite  (*)NeyiteAg2Cu6Pb25Bi26S6813012712
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S713012732
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213012739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213012761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13012721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131301275317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100117British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100117
R100116British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100116
R100113British Columbia Molybdenum Ltd. Mine, Patsy Creek, Kitsault, Alice Arm, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R100113


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