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Locality Name:
Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 31569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dankoe Mine (Horn Silver Mine)
Stellar Mines

Latitude: 49°3'23"N
Longitude: 119°41'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.056388888889,-119.68805555556

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1300602793
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213006027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1300601382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13006024243
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1300601271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21300615800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31300601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213006039462
Silver  (*)CopperAg1300605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13006021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131300605317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060176Keremeos, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060176


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