Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 30240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30240.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cassiar Mine
Erickson Mine

Latitude: 59°15'5"N
Longitude: 129°45'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.251388888889,-129.75694444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Epidote Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	29768	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	29769	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	29769	5509
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	29768	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29769	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	29769	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	29768	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	29768	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	29768	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	29768	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	29769	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29769	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	29769	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	29768	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	29768	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	29768	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	29768	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	29768	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	29769	12537
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	0		306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	29768	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	29768,29769	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	29768	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	29768,29769	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	29769	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	29768	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	29769	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	29768	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040109	Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R040109
R070088	Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R070088

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