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Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Detailed Mineral List:
| 'Albite-Anorthite Series' | ||
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Anhydrite | ||
| Formula: | CaSO4 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| 'Apatite' | ||
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Azurite | ||
| Formula: | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | |
| Description: | Very nice small crystals, collected in the 1980's from the 1175 Bench of the Valley Pit. | |
| Reference: | Robert Meyer collection, collected by David Van Dieren. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Biotite | ||
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Bornite |  | |
| Formula: | Cu5FeS4 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Photo: Bornite from Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Calcite | ||
| Formula: | CaCO3 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Chalcocite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2S | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Chalcopyrite |  | |
| Formula: | CuFeS2 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Photo: Chalcopyrite from Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| 'Chlorite Group' | ||
| Locality: | Lornex Mine, Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada | |
| Clinozoisite | ||
| Formula: | {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Copper | ||
| Formula: | Cu | |
| Description: | Very nice small crystals, collected in the 1980's from the 1175 Bench of the Valley Pit. Robert O. Meyer collection, collected by David van Dieren | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Covellite | ||
| Formula: | CuS | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Cuprite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2O | |
| Description: | Superb examples of cuprite, variety chalcotrichite, occuring in networks of stacked bright red cubes, often nucleated with a single octahedral cuprite crystal, collected in the 1980's from the 1175 Bench of the Valley Pit. | |
| Reference: | Robert Meyer collection, collected by David Van Dieren. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Digenite | ||
| Formula: | Cu9S5 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Enargite | ||
| Formula: | Cu3AsS4 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Epidote | ||
| Formula: | {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Fluorite | ||
| Formula: | CaF2 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Galena | ||
| Formula: | PbS | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Gypsum | ||
| Formula: | CaSO4 · 2H2O | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Hematite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2O3 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Kaolinite | ||
| Formula: | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Limonite | ||
| Formula: | FeO(OH) · nH2O | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Magnetite | ||
| Formula: | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Malachite | ||
| Formula: | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Molybdenite | ||
| Formula: | MoS2 | |
| Description: | Crystals of up to 8 mm were found associated with Quartz and Calcite during a visit to the site by Robert O. Meyer | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Montmorillonite | ||
| Formula: | (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Muscovite | ||
| Formula: | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Muscovite var: Sericite | ||
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Powellite | ||
| Formula: | Ca(MoO4) | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Pyrite | ||
| Formula: | FeS2 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Pyrolusite | ||
| Formula: | MnO2 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Pyrrhotite | ||
| Formula: | Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17) | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Quartz | ||
| Formula: | SiO2 | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Scheelite | ||
| Formula: | Ca(WO4) | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Sphalerite | ||
| Formula: | ZnS | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Tenorite ? | ||
| Formula: | CuO | |
| Reference: | Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum. “MINFILE Record Summary 0921SW012.” 2006. 3 Sept. 2006. | |
| Tetrahedrite | ||
| Formula: | (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12Sb4S13 | |
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
| Zeolite Group | ||
| Reference: | Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155. | |
| Localities: | Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region. | |
39 entries listed. 33 valid minerals.
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