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Locality Name:
Tagish Lake, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 281855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tagish Lake, Atlin Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Engineer Gold Mine

Latitude: 59°33'45"N
Longitude: 134°15'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.5625,-134.25472222222
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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteLöllingiteMica
NickelineNonePyriteQuartz

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Paradocrasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Stibarsen  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21295503092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb129550363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs129550379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1295509052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4129550343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12955027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212955027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21295509617
Gold  (*)CopperAu12955030554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2129550762
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212955017380
Paradocrasite  (*)NoneSb2(Sb,As)21295506
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212955039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81295509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212955061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1295506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1295505186
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs12955048


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