Rainy occurrence, Chikamin Mountain, Whitesail Lake, Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Rainy occurrence | Occurrence |
| Chikamin Mountain | - not defined - |
| Whitesail Lake | - not defined - |
| Omineca Mining Division | Mining Division |
| British Columbia | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
53° 23' 35'' North , 127° 4' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
253656
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:253656:2
GUID (UUID V4):
c9671fa0-2062-4737-badb-466ed5e9fb1a
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
California adit; Rainy No.1; Gold Coin
The Rainy occurrence is located on south-west slope of Chikamin Mountain, 5 kilometres south-east of Whitesail Lake, and about 130 kilometres south-west of Burns Lake, British Columbia.
There is a description of the occurrence on the British Columbia “Minfile” site, current to 2020. A brief excerpt is quoted below:
“Mineralization is associated with two shear zones in fine and coarse tuffs. An 8.0 metre long adit known as the California adit, along with several open-cuts, expose the main zone for a strike length of 15.0 metres. This main zone has an attitude of 160/70 degrees southwest and carries two quartz stringers with widths of 2.5 centimetres and 15 centimetres. Mineralization consists of pyrite, galena, sphalerite and arsenopyrite. Another shear zone at 040 degrees/ 90 degrees contains galena and arsenopyrite mineralization.”
Comments by Giles Peatfield on some of the minerals reported from the locality:
Arsenopyrite: Reported by Duffell from a nearby shear zone.
Bournonite: Reported by Thompson (1951) in polished section.
Calcite: Reported by Diakow and Koyanagi (1988).
‘Limonite’: Reported by Thompson (1951).
Löllingite: Reported only by Duffell (1959), from a nearby shear zone, with no amplifying data. I would regard this as tentative for the locality.
Meneghinite: This was reported by Thompson (1951). A group of four specimens of quartz with meneghinite is in the collection of the Pacific Museum of Earth at the University of British Columbia (catalogue # 1900). According to the Museum records, the specimens came from R. M. Thompson; these were most likely the material he used for identification of meneghinite here.
Siderite: Reported only by Thompson (1951).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS References: |
| ⓘ Bournonite Formula: PbCuSbS3 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Löllingite Formula: FeAs2 References: |
| ✪ Meneghinite Formula: Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Löllingite | 2.EB.15a | FeAs2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | Bournonite | 2.GA.50 | PbCuSbS3 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Meneghinite | 2.HB.05b | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| S | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| S | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Löllingite | FeAs2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Siderite | FeCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Arsenopyrite | FeAsS |
| As | ⓘ Löllingite | FeAs2 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Sb | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
| Sb | ⓘ Tetrahedrite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Bournonite | PbCuSbS3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 |
Other Databases
| Link to British Columbia Minfile: | 093E 027 |
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