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Locality Name:
Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 67531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°23'1"N
Longitude: 127°15'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.383611111111,-127.25583333333
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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteLöllingite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite
Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Gold  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060189Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060189
R060191Merry Widow Mine, Port McNeill, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060191

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