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Locality Name:
Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 7896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°20'18"N
Longitude: 119°44'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.338333333333,-119.74388888889

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H Na O S Si Sr V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H Na O S Si Sr V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBrewsteriteCalciteDiasporeFluoriteHeulanditeNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
ThomsoniteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Brewsterite-Sr  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Heulandite-Sr  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)Yugawaralite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Brewsterite-Sr  (*)BrewsteriteSr(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O08
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Heulandite-Sr  (*)Heulandite(Sr,Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72·24H2O09
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)ZirconCeVO409
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O033



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060542Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadahttps://rruff.info/R060542


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