Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Sandon, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 31307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandon, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ruth Hope Mine
Silmonac Mine (Minniehaha Mine)
Silvana Mine

Latitude: 49°58'18"N
Longitude: 117°15'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.971666666667,-117.25305555556

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Meneghinite	Natroautunite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Roselite	Rutile	Skutterudite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roselite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Titanite ()*
Trögerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Copper Corundum Cubanite Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Meneghinite Natroautunite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Quartz Rocksalt Roselite Rutile Skutterudite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	30189	2793
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	30189	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	30189	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	30189	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	30189	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	30189	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	30189	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	30189	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	30189	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	30189	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	30189	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	30189	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	30189	363
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	30189	802
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	30189	648
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	30189	484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	30189	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	30189	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	30189	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	30189	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	30189	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	30189	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	30189	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	30189	158
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	30189	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	30189	2349
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	30189	105
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	30189	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	30189	1425
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	1	30189	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	30189	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	30189	61156
Roselite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	30189	23
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	30189	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	30189	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	30189	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	30189	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	30189	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	30189	586
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	30189	4899
Trögerite ()*	Natroautunite	(H₃O)(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O	1	30189	22
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	30189	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	30189	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...