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:
Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 277151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine)

Latitude: 50°47'19"N
Longitude: 115°40'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.788611111111,-115.6775

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euclase ()*	Fersmite ()*
Galena ()*	Huntite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Talc ()*

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: Al Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ta Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Columbite Mica None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

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	29651	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29651	3250
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	29651	843
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	29651	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29651	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	29651	5707
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	29651	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29651	9895
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	29651	120
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1	29651	83
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	29651	24243
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	29651	69
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	29651	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	29651	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	29651	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	29651	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	29651	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29651	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29651	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29651	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	29651	105
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	29651	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100118	Mount Brussilof Mine (Bay Mag Mine), Radium Hot Springs, Golden Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R100118

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