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Merritt, British Columbia, Canada


Alternative Names:Merit, YMB, myryt, Мерит, ميريت, میریٹ، برٹش کولمبیا
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Region:British Columbia, Canada
Latitude:50° 6' 44" N
Longitude:120° 47' 39" W
Lat/Long (dec):50.11225,-120.7942
Köppen climate type:Dfc : Subarctic climate
Population:7,179 (2008)
Mindat Feature ID:6072350
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:6072350:3
GUID:dda4cf50-ce0e-4537-8d1a-6da4a5148cb1
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Craigmont Mine, Merritt, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 12' 32" N120° 55' 25" W14.2km (8.8 miles)
Aberdeen deposit, Meritt area, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 18' 12" N120° 51' 30" W21.8km (13.5 miles)
Lucky Mike tungsten occurrence, Swakum Mountain, Merritt area, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 18' 2" N120° 41' 30" W22.2km (13.8 miles)
Highmont Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 25' 58" N120° 55' 14" W36.8km (22.8 miles)
Lornex Mine, Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 27' 1" N121° 2' 35" W41.5km (25.8 miles)
Primer porphyry copper prospect, Missezula Lake, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 46' 4" N120° 28' 28" W44.6km (27.7 miles)
Bethlehem Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 29' 39" N120° 59' 48" W44.8km (27.9 miles)
Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 29' 12" N121° 2' 43" W45.3km (28.2 miles)
Soap Lake evaporite occurrence, Spences Bridge, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 22' 37" N121° 19' 14" W47.6km (29.6 miles)
Keystone Mine (Keystone #1; K1; Keystone #2; K2), Coquihalla Pass, Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 41' 34" N121° 1' 30" W49.5km (30.7 miles)
Trojan prospect (Getty prospect; South Seas prospect), Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 34' 0" N121° 0' 0" W52.6km (32.7 miles)
Krain Cu deposit, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 34' 59" N120° 58' 0" W53.8km (33.4 miles)
Axe Cu-Au deposit (Adonis), Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 38' 53" N120° 31' 33" W55.0km (34.2 miles)
Tunkwa Lake Hg Occurrence, Savona Area, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 36' 32" N120° 49' 5" W55.3km (34.3 miles)
Ajax Cu-Au deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 36' 51" N120° 31' 50" W58.9km (36.6 miles)
Fraser River (Lytton Bar) placer occurrence, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 14' 53" N121° 35' 44" W59.0km (36.7 miles)
Spatsum claim, Cache Creek, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 33' 28" N121° 18' 11" W61.3km (38.1 miles)
Brenda Mine, Peachland, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 52' 40" N120° 0' 20" W62.1km (38.6 miles)
Rabbitt Mine, Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 33' 15" N120° 52' 6" W62.3km (38.7 miles)
El Alamein Mine, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 32' 21" N120° 50' 22" W63.8km (39.6 miles)
Afton Mine, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 39' 39" N120° 30' 54" W64.2km (39.9 miles)
Grasshopper claims, Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 32' 21" N120° 55' 9" W64.3km (40.0 miles)
Galaxy copper-gold deposit, Kamloops, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 38' 35" N120° 25' 27" W64.6km (40.1 miles)
Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada49° 31' 59" N120° 52' 59" W64.7km (40.2 miles)
Basque No. 4 evaporite occurrence, Venables Valley, Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 35' 18" N121° 20' 35" W65.8km (40.9 miles)
Polygon Pond evaporite occurrence, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 40' 5" N120° 28' 5" W66.0km (41.0 miles)
Basque No. 3 evaporite occurrence, Venables Valley, Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 35' 30" N121° 20' 41" W66.1km (41.1 miles)
Basque No. 5 evaporite occurrence, Venables Valley, Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 35' 43" N121° 20' 36" W66.4km (41.2 miles)
Basque No. 2 evaporite occurrence, Venables Valley, Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 35' 38" N121° 21' 1" W66.5km (41.3 miles)
Basque West evaporite occurrence, Venables Valley, Ashcroft, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada50° 35' 44" N121° 21' 29" W67.0km (41.7 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
CanadaCountry
British Columbia, CanadaProvince
Nicola Mining Division, British Columbia, CanadaDivision
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Coast Mountains, North AmericaMountain Range

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Canada, British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola42.2.47.0.0.0
Canada, British Columbia, Thompson-Nicola, Merritt42.2.47.1202.0.0
 
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