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Locality Name:
Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.3

mindat Locality ID: 282547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bluebell Mine

Latitude: 49°45'45"N
Longitude: 116°51'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.7625,-116.86027777778

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGypsumKaoliniteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)25.113.31301853250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25.113.31301859052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25.113.313018527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225.113.313018527198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425.113.3130185651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25.113.313018524243
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)425.113.313018561
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25.113.31301856890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325.113.313018514640
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)225.113.3130185234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O425.113.313018514899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)225.113.313018561
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)225.113.313018517380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)225.113.31301852273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225.113.313018539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825.113.31301859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225.113.313018561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)25.113.31301851711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)25.113.31301856417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO525.113.31301851516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25.113.313018521482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-0007525.113.319.2±5.9        8749Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaBlue BellSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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