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Locality Name:
Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 277603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Clexewe River Area
Merry Widow Mine

Latitude: 50°23'0"N
Longitude: 127°15'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.383333333333,-127.25555555556
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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidote
LöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphalerite
SpinelTetradymiteVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)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)21298923419
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs129892379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1298929052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12989227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212989227198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS129892966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1298922970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61298924135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1298928173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O129892814
Gold  (*)CopperAu12989230554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2129892762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412989214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21298925674
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O129891306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212989239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81298929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212989261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12989221482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3129892276


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060189Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060189
R060191Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060191

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