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Locality Name:
Stewart, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 174

mindat Locality ID: 31288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stewart, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Granduc Mine
Granduc Road North (T08-23; Dilworth)
Hope-Power (Granduc Road; Hope; Power)
Max (Maxwell Smart; Granduc Iron)
Red Mountain
Silbak Premier Mine
Silver Coin Project

Latitude: 56°9'22"N
Longitude: 130°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.156111111111,-130.13333333333

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 Be C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparGypsumLinariteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cupropolybasite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2011741301652793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2201174230160,301633419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2011741301638803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2011741301652734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS201174230160,301659052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6201174130165919
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182011741301644286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42011741301605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20117413016027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2011741301654979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O201174130165194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201174630160,30162,30163,30164,30165,3016627198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS201174130160966
Copper  (*)CopperCu2011741301643846
Cupropolybasite  (*)Polybasite[Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4]2011741301657
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62011741301634135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201174330160,30163,301648173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201174630160,30162,30163,30164,30165,3016624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu201174730160,30161,30162,30163,30164,30165,3016630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2011741301606890
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2201174130165987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201174230160,3016314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220117413016512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2201174230163,301645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201174230160,3016417380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]201174130165716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32011741301651425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201174630160,30162,30163,30164,30165,3016639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8201174330160,30163,301659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201174530160,30163,30164,30165,3016661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2011741301655186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O201174130165105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201174330160,30164,3016521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132011741301655317



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
vms-00076201174Lower Jurassic        259043Granduc Mine, Stewart, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaGranducMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 


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