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Locality Name:
Bissett, Rice Lake Gold District, Manitoba, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 276181
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276181.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bissett, Rice Lake Gold District, Manitoba, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rice Lake Mine (San Antonio Mine; Gabrielr Claim; Harmony Gold Mine?)

Latitude: 51°1'18"N
Longitude: 95°40'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.021666666667,-95.675833333333

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 Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21305163419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1305168803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21305163092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13051627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213051627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1305168173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13051624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13051630554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413051614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21305165800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213051617380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2130516247
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2130516409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213051639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213051661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21305165614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13051621482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3130516276



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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