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:
Swanson Bay, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 293602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swanson Bay, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Khutze Inlet

Latitude: 53°0'5"N
Longitude: 128°29'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.001388888889,-128.49666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetradymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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	30169	3092
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	30169	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	30169	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	30169	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	30169	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	30169	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	30169	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	30169	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	30169	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	30169	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	30169	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	30169	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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