Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 5490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°3'51"N
Longitude: 123°9'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.064166666667,-123.15194444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Copper	Geocronite	Lillianite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Fizélyite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Semseyite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Copper Geocronite Lillianite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	126
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	54
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060173	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060173
R060175	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060175
R060174	Silver Tunnel, Van Silver Property (Van Silver Mine; Van Silver Claims), Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada	https://rruff.info/R060174

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