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Silver tunnel, Van Silver Mine, Van Silver Property, Brandywine Creek, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada

The Silver Tunnel that was the Van Silver Mine is now caved and closed. Specimens are still recoverable from the nearby ore pile, although the material is quite weathered now.
The deposit was a simple hydrothermal lead, zinc, silver, antimony vein system. The simplicity lead to a universal paragenesis that deposited one sulfosalt at a time in agreement with laboratory synthesis. The mm sized xls are some of the world's best micromounts for the species.

Presently (July 2008), the access road to the mine is blocked at the turnoff from the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

Ref.:
- Woodside, R.W.M.E.A. (2000). Rare sulfosalts from the Van Siver Mine, British Columbia. Mineralogical Record, 31(3), 219-229.





Map Reference: 50°7'N , 123°6'W

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Mineral List:
  • Ankerite
  • Baryte
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Calcite
  • Celestine
  • Cerussite
  • Diaphorite
  • Fizélyite
  • Freibergite
  • Freieslebenite
  • Galena
  • Geocronite
  • Gold
       var: Electrum
  • Miargyrite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrostilpnite
  • Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Semseyite
  • Siderite
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite
  • Sulphur
  • Tetrahedrite
       var: Zincian Tetrahedrite


    28 entries listed. 26 valid minerals.


    Mineral Paragenesis:
    earlylate

    Stage1 Initial Vein System M.R. Vol 31 , p 223,(2000)
    Quartz
    Galena
    Sphalerite
    Pyrite

    Stage 2a Initial Silver Emplacement and Remobilization M.R. Vol 31, p. 223 (2000)
    Quartz
    Sphalerite
    Pyrite
    Galena
    Electrum
    Pyrargyrite
    Tetrahedrite
    Bournonite

    Stage 2b Final Emplacement in Second Vein System M.R. vol 31, p. 223
    Baryte
    Geocronite
    Celestine
    Ankerite
    Sphalerite
    Pyrite
    Galena
    Miargyrite
    Tetrahedrite
    Diaphorite
    Bournonite
    Fizélyite
    Rhodochrosite
    Calcite
    Semseyite
    Freieslebenite
    Boulangerite
    Pyrargyrite
    Pyrostilpnite

    Stage 3 Post Mining? M.R. vol 31, p. 223
    Silver
    Cerussite
    Sulphur

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