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Locality Name:
Comox District, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 277331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Comox District, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Washington Mine

Latitude: 49°45'48"N
Longitude: 125°18'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.763333333333,-125.30194444444
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeLepidocrocite
MalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Duranusite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pararealgar  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs129879379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3129879231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1298799052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41298795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12987927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1298795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212987927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2129879162
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS129879124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1298794165
Duranusite  (*)NoneAs4S1298798
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12987924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1298797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12987930554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te129879804
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)129879581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412987914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212987912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21298795800
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3129879511
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S412987957
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212987939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81298799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212987961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS129879712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1298791153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12987921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31298793418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1298792045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131298795317


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