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Locality Name:
Mt Washington Mine, Comox District, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Washington Mine, Comox District, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°45'48"N
Longitude: 125°18'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.763333333333,-125.30222222222
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeLepidocrocite
MalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Duranusite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Pararealgar  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS20162
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Duranusite  (*)NoneAs4S08
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4057
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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