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Locality Name:
Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 30214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Castlegar
CLY Group (BiTel Knoll)
Durango Mine (Howard Mine)
Nelson
Salmo
Sanca Creek (Sanco Creek)
Trail

Latitude: 49°6'24"N
Longitude: 117°17'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.106666666667,-117.28361111111

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hopeite	Kobellite
Lillianite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Parahopeite	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tarbuttite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tungstite	Vivianite	Wollastonite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Hopeite Kobellite
Lillianite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Parahopeite Phenakite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tarbuttite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tungstite Vivianite Wollastonite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ikunolite ()*	Ingodite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kobellite ()*
Lópezite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parahopeite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Robinsonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spencerite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tarbuttite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	29919	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	29912	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	541	521	2	29911,29914	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	29910	1588
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	541	521	1	29911	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	29912	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	29912	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	29903	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	29903	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	29907,29912	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	4	29911,29916,29918,29919	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	521	3	29911,29914,29917	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	29912	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	29904,29910,29912,29917	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	29903	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	29904	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	541	521	1	29911	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	3	29910,29911,29918	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	29912	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	541	521	1	29911	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	8	29902,29904,29910,29911,29914,29916,29917,29918	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	541	521	5	29910,29911,29914,29917,29918	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	29903	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	29910	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	29903	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	541	521	4	29910,29911,29917,29918	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	541	521	4	29911,29916,29917,29918	1689
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉			1	29902	66
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	541	521	2	29911,29916	29
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			3	29910,29916,29918	1066
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃			1	29903	54
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS			1	29903	30
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂			1	29903	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S			1	29903	86
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅			1	29909	87
Lópezite ()*	None	K₂Cr₂O₇			1	29922	5
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	29912	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	29912	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄			1	29904	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	541	521	6	29903,29909,29910,29911,29915,29919	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	29909,29912	17380
Parahopeite ()*	Parahopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	541	521	2	29911,29916	11
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	9	29909,29910,29911,29912,29914,29915,29917,29918,29919	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	541	521	2	29911,29916	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	541	521	7	29903,29909,29910,29911,29912,29915,29919	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	7	29903,29909,29910,29911,29918,29919,29920	61156
Robinsonite ()*	None	Pb₄Sb₆S₁₃			1	29909	39
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			5	29902,29909,29910,29915,29919	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	521	1	29911	2473
Spencerite ()*	None	Zn₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·3H₂O	541	521	1	29911	3
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	8	29910,29911,29912,29914,29916,29917,29918,29919	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	29907	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	1	29911	3337
Tarbuttite ()*	Tarbuttite	Zn₂(PO₄)(OH)	541	521	2	29911,29916	11
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	29912	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	541	521	1	29911	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	29913	118
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	29910,29915	2718
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	29918	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	29919	1247

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00063	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									489	Hudson Bay Mine (H.B. Mine), Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	H.B.	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00095	541	521	Early Cambrian											489	Hudson Bay Mine (H.B. Mine), Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	H.B.	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050581	Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R050581
R061077	Emerald Mine, Salmo, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R061077

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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