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British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia is an odd province as there are no Counties and no Townships, let alone lots or concessions. Thus a locality would read Mine, closest Town or Lake etc., B.C., Canada. The British Columbia Dept of Mines introduced 24 Mining Divisions that roughly play the role of counties and these will be used here. All localities should be verified with the B.C. Dept of Mines on-line program Minfile.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
Aikinite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Allemontite'
Altaite
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite

Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Argentopyrite
Arsenic
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenosulvanite
'Ashtonite'
'Asphaltum'
Astrophyllite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Aurichalcite
Awaruite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
Barytocalcite
'Bastnäsite'
Berthierite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Beudantite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bitumen'
Bonattite
Bornite
var: Argentiferous Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
'Brewsterite'
Brewsterite-Sr
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Burbankite
Burkeite
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
'Calcite Group'
Caledonite
Cancrinite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Catapleiite
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
Cheralite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
'Clinoptilolite'
Clinoptilolite-Na
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Collinsite (TL)
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Colusite
Conichalcite
Cooperite
Copiapite ?
Copper
var: Palladian Copper
Cordierite
Cordylite-(Ce)
Corundum
Cosalite
Covellite
Cowlesite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cuproiridsite
Cupropolybasite (TL)
Danalite
Diaphorite
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Dumortierite
Duranusite
Dyscrasite
Edingtonite
Enargite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erionite-K
Erythrite
Euclase
Eudialyte
'Fayalite-Tephroite Series
var: Knebelite'

'Feldspar Group'
'Ferrierite'
Ferrierite-Mg (TL)
Ferrimolybdite
'Ferro-actinolite-Tremolite Series
var: Nephrite'

Ferrobustamite
Ferrohornblende
Fersmite
Feruvite
Fibroferrite
Fizélyite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Franckeite
var: Potosíite

Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Frohbergite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Geocronite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gonnardite
'Grandite'
Graphite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Greenwoodite (TL)
Grossular
var: Chromian Grossular
Gypsum
Gyrolite
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hedleyite (TL)
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Sr
Hexahydrite (TL)
Heyrovskýite
Hopeite
'Hornblende'
Huanghoite-(Ce)
Hübnerite
Huntite
Hyalophane
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrougrandite
Hydroxylapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Illite
Ilmenite
Irarsite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium
Isoferroplatinum (TL)
'Jade'
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Joséite
Joséite-A
Joséite-B
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kobellite
Ktenasite
Kutnohorite
Lamprophyllite
Lansfordite
Laumontite
Låvenite
Leucoxene
'Lévyne'
Limonite
Linarite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Lópezite
Lorenzenite
Maghemite
'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'

Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Malayaite
Maldonite
Manganite
Mannardite (TL)
Marcasite
Marialite
Matildite
Mawsonite
Mcgillite (TL)
Meionite
Mendozite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Meridianiite (TL)
Mesolite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Millerite
Minium
Minnesotaite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nagyágite
Natroalunite
Natrolite
Natron
Naumannite
Nepheline
Neyite (TL)
Nickel
Nickelskutterudite
Ningyoite
Norsethite
Nuffieldite (TL)
Offretite
'Olivine'
'var: Peridot'
Opal
var: Amber Opal
var: Boulder Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Honey Opal
var: Hydrophane
var: Precious Opal
var: White Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Owyheeite
Palladium
Palygorskite
Parahopeite
Pararealgar (TL)
Pargasite
'Paulingite'
Paulingite-K
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
var: Knopite
'Perthite'
Petrukite (TL)
Petzite
Pharmacolite
Phenakite
Phengite
var: Mariposite

'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Piemontite
Pilsenite
Platinum
Poitevinite (TL)
Polybasite
Powellite
Prehnite
Proustite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Dallasite
Quartz
var: Jasper

var: Moss Agate
var: Onyx
var: Smoky Quartz
'Quercyite'
Realgar
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Richterite
Robinsonite
Roscoelite
Roselite
Rosenbuschite
Rucklidgeite
Rutheniridosmine
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Saléeite
Salmoite
Sanidine
Saponite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Seligmannite
Semseyite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Amalgam
var: Arquerite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
Sodalite
Spangolite
Spencerite (TL)
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stannite
var: Zincian Stannite

Stannoidite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stibarsen
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Stützite
Sulphur
Sulvanite
Svanbergite
Sylvanite
Szaibélyite
Tacharanite
Talc
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetradymite
Tetraferroplatinum (TL)
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
var: Zincian Tetrahedrite
Thenardite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorite
Tintinaite
Titanite
Tolovkite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Trögerite
Tulameenite (TL)
Tungstite
Turgite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranpyrochlore
Uvite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vinciennite
Volborthite
Volynskite
Wairakite
Wairauite
Wakefieldite-(Ce)
Wittichenite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xanthoconite
Yugawaralite
Zeolite Group
Zeunerite
Zinkenite
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zirkelite
Zoisite
var: Thulite
Zoltaiite (TL)
Zunyite


503 entries listed. 352 valid minerals. 19 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

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References

- Pell, J. (1994) Carbonatites, nepheline syenites, kimberlites and related rocks in British Columbia. British Columbia Mineral Resources Division, Bulletin 88: 1-136.
- Levson, V.M., Mate, D., and Ferbey, T. (2002) Platinum-group-element (PGE) placer deposits in British Columbia: characterization and implications for PGE potential. In Geological Fieldwork 2001. British Columbia Geological Survey, Paper 2002-1: 303-312.
- Barkov, A.Y., Fleet, M.E., Nixon, G.T., and Levson, V.M. (2005) Platinum-group minerals from five placer deposits in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist: 43: 1687-1710.



External Links

- http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/MINING/GEOSCIENCE/Pages/default.aspx [British Columbia Geological Survey]
- http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Geolsurv/minfile/ [Most locality information for British Columbia posted here has come from this site and further information can be found there]

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