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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.

Refs.:
- 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.

- 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).




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
       var: Nephrite
  • Aegirine
  • Aenigmatite
  • Aikinite
  • Albite
       var: Oligoclase
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  • 'Allemontite'
  • Alunite
  • Alunogen
  • 'Amphibole Group'
  • Analcime
  • Anatase
  • Ancylite-(Ce)
  • Andradite
       var: Melanite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Annabergite
  • Anorthite
    var: Bytownite
  • Antimony
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Apatite-(CaOH)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Aragonite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Argentopyrite
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenolite
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Arsenosulvanite
  • 'Ashtonite'
  • 'Asphaltum'
  • Astrophyllite
  • Augite
       var: Titanian Augite
  • Awaruite
  • Axinite-(Fe)
  • Azurite
  • Baddeleyite
  • Baryte
  • Barytocalcite
  • 'Bastnäsite'
  • Berthierite
  • Beryl
       var: Aquamarine
       var: Emerald
  • Beudantite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • 'Bitumen'
  • Bornite
       var: Argentiferous Bornite
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • 'Brewsterite'
  • Brewsterite-Sr
  • Brochantite
  • Brucite
  • Burbankite
  • Burkeite
  • Calcite
  • Caledonite
  • Cancrinite
  • Catapleiite
  • Celadonite
  • Celestine
  • Celsian
  • Cerussite
  • 'Chabazite'
  • 'Chalcedony'
       'var: Agate'
       'var: Moss Agate'
       'var: Onyx'
  • Chalcoalumite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chlorargyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chromite
  • Chrysotile
  • Cinnabar
  • 'Clay'
  • 'Clinoptilolite'
  • Clinoptilolite-Na
  • Clinozoisite
  • Cobaltite
  • Collinsite (TL)
  • 'Columbite'
  • Conichalcite
  • Cooperite
  • Copper
       var: Palladian Copper
  • Cordierite
  • Cordylite-(Ce)
  • Cosalite
  • Covellite
  • Cowlesite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
  • Cuproiridsite
  • Cupropolybasite (TL)
  • Danalite
  • Diaphorite
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
  • Dolomite
       var: Ferroan Dolomite
  • Dravite
  • Dumortierite
  • Duranusite
  • Dyscrasite
  • Edingtonite
  • Enargite
  • Epidote
  • Epistilbite
  • Epsomite
  • 'Erionite'
  • Erionite-K
  • Erythrite
  • Eudialyte
  • Fayalite
    var: Knebelite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • 'Ferrierite'
  • Ferrierite-Mg
  • Ferrobustamite
  • Ferrohornblende
  • Fersmite
  • Feruvite
  • Fibroferrite
  • Fizélyite
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
    var: Peridot
  • Franckeite
    var: Potosíite
  • Freibergite
  • Freieslebenite
  • Galena
       var: Argentiferous Galena
  • Galenobismutite
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Geocronite
  • 'Gmelinite'
  • Goethite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • 'Grandite'
  • Graphite
  • Greenalite
  • Grossular
    var: Chrome-Grossular
  • Gypsum
  • Gyrolite
  • Harmotome
  • Hastingsite
  • Heazlewoodite
  • Hedenbergite
  • Hedleyite (TL)
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hessite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Heulandite-Sr
  • Hexahydrite (TL)
  • Heyrovskýite
  • Hopeite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Huanghoite-(Ce)
  • Hübnerite
  • Huntite
  • Hyalophane
  • Hydrocerussite
  • Hydromagnesite
  • Hydrougrandite
  • Hydrozincite
  • Ilmenite
  • Irarsite
  • Iridium
       var: Osmiridium
  • Isoferroplatinum (TL)
  • 'Jade'
  • Jamesonite
  • Joséite
  • Joséite-B
  • Kaersutite
  • Kaolinite
  • Kësterite
  • Kobellite
  • Ktenasite
  • Kutnohorite
  • Lamprophyllite
  • Lansfordite
  • Laumontite
  • Låvenite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Leucoxene
  • 'Lévyne'
  • Limonite
  • Linarite
  • Lizardite
  • Löllingite
  • Lorenzenite
  • Maghemite
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Malayaite
  • Maldonite
  • Mannardite (TL)
  • Marcasite
  • Matildite
  • Mcgillite (TL)
  • Meneghinite
  • Meridianiite (TL)
  • Mesolite
  • Miargyrite
  • 'Mica Group'
  • Microcline
  • Millerite
  • Minnesotaite
  • Molybdenite
  • Monticellite
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
  • Nagyágite
  • Natrolite
  • Natron
  • Naumannite
  • Nepheline
  • Neyite (TL)
  • Nickel
  • Nickelskutterudite
  • Norsethite
  • Nuffieldite (TL)
  • Offretite
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
       var: Amber Opal
       var: Boulder Opal
       var: Fire Opal
       var: Honey Opal
       var: Hydrophane
       var: Precious Opal
       var: White Opal
  • Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  • Osmium
       var: Iridosmine
  • Owyheeite
  • Palladium
  • Palygorskite
  • Parahopeite
  • Pararealgar (TL)
  • 'Paulingite'
  • Paulingite-K
  • Pectolite
  • Pentlandite
  • Perovskite
       var: Knopite
  • 'Perthite'
  • Petrukite (TL)
  • Pharmacolite
  • Phenakite
  • Phengite
    var: Mariposite
  • 'Phillipsite'
  • Phlogopite
  • Piemontite
  • Platinum
  • Poitevinite (TL)
  • Polybasite
  • Powellite
  • Prehnite
  • Proustite
  • 'Pumpellyite'
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyrolusite
  • Pyromorphite
  • Pyrophyllite
  • Pyrostilpnite
  • 'Pyroxene Group'
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Dallasite
       var: Jasper
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • 'Quercyite'
  • Realgar
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Richterite
  • Robinsonite
  • Roscoelite
  • Roselite
  • Rosenbuschite
  • Rucklidgeite
  • Rutheniridosmine
  • Rutile
       var: Niobian Rutile
  • Salmoite
  • Saponite
  • 'Scapolite'
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Schorlomite
  • Scolecite
  • Seligmannite
  • Semseyite
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Serpentine Group'
  • Siderite
  • Silver
       var: Arquerite
  • Smithsonite
  • Sodalite
  • Spencerite (TL)
  • Sperrylite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stannite
    var: Zincian Stannite
  • Stannoidite
  • Stephanite
  • Sternbergite
  • Stibarsen
  • Stibnite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Stolzite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Strontianite
  • Sulphur
  • Sulvanite
  • Svanbergite
  • Szaibélyite
  • Tacharanite
  • Talc
  • Tellurobismuthite
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite ?
  • Tetradymite
  • Tetraferroplatinum (TL)
  • Tetrahedrite
       var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
       var: Mercurian Tetrahedrite
       var: Zincian Tetrahedrite
  • Thenardite
  • 'Thomsonite'
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Tintinaite
  • Titanite
  • Tolovkite
  • Topaz
  • Tremolite
  • Trögerite
  • Tulameenite (TL)
  • Tungstite
  • Turgite
  • Uraninite
  • Uvite
  • Vermiculite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Vinciennite
  • Volborthite
  • Volynskite
  • Wairakite
  • Wairauite
  • Wakefieldite-(Ce)
  • Wittichenite
  • Wollastonite
  • Xanthoconite
  • Yugawaralite
  • Zeunerite
  • Zinkenite
  • Zircon
  • Zirkelite
  • Zoisite
       var: Thulite
  • Zoltaiite (TL)


    380 entries listed. 288 valid minerals. 17 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
        • Bennett
        • Tagish Lake
        • Tuya Range
        • 100 Mile House
        • 70 Mile House
        • Quesnel
        • Quesnel River area
        • Wells
        • Williams Lake
      • Central Kootenay Region
        • Kimberley
        • Moyie
        • Brisco
        • Field
        • Hector Pass (Kicking Horse Pass)
          • Zinc Mountain
        • Invermere
        • Radium Hot Springs
        • Bridesville
        • Grand Forks
        • Phoenix
          • Venables Valley
        • Falkland
        • Kamloops
        • Lempriere Station
        • Little Fort
        • Logan Lake
        • Merritt
        • Monte Hills
        • Mt. Savona
          • Deadman's River
        • Spences Bridge
        • Iskut River
        • McDame area
        • Sifton Pass
          • Kechika River
        • Turnagain River area
        • Watson Lake
          • Truax Creek
        • Duffey Lake area
          • Comox District
          • Menzies Bay
          • Port Hardy
          • Port McNeill
          • Toad Mt.
    Canada
     
    • British Columbia
        • Bear Mountain
        • Jones Lake Power Station
        • Misson
        • Coquihalla Pass
        • Stump Lake
        • Hazelton
        • Omineca Mts
        • Owen Lake
        • Toodoggone River area
        • Troitsa Peak
        • Williston Lake
        • Woodstock
        • Gainer Creek
          • Ophir Lade Property
        • Okanagan-Similkameen
        • Princeton
          • Keremeos
        • Tulameen
        • Alice Arm
          • Kitsault
            • Patsy Creek