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Locality Name:
Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


mindat Locality ID: 24918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blubber Bay
Gillies Bay
Little Billy Mine
Malaspina Mine
Marble Bay Mine

Latitude: 49°43'52"N
Longitude: 124°32'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.731111111111,-124.53888888889
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteGarnetMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3329874,29875,298761534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4229874,298765516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)229874,2987627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1298745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2329874,29875,2987627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1298744165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6229874,298764135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21298759895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)229874,298768173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12987424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu229874,2987630554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3229874,298761544
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te129874804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412987414899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2229874,298765800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2229874,2987639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8229874,298769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212987461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg229874,298765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12987421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13229874,298765317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2229875,298762562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3229874,298761247


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