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Calcite from
Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Sphaleriteⓘ4 photos of Calcite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ4 photos of Calcite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Pyrrhotiteⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Pyrrhotite at this locality.
Arsenopyriteⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Arsenopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bluebell Mine, Riondel, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:49617
Long-form Identifier:1:3:49617:3
GUID (UUID V4):d1dbaa43-9230-46c5-a5a9-87b188f09131
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
26.7km (16.6 miles) ⓘChicago workings, La France Creek, Kootenay Lake, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘMeteor Mine, Tobin Creek, Slocan, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
36.1km (22.4 miles) ⓘBondholder Group mine, Enterprise Creek, Slocan, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
36.5km (22.7 miles) ⓘRambler-Cariboo Group mine, McGuigan Creek, Sandon, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
37.1km (23.1 miles) ⓘL. H. Mine, Silverton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
39.2km (24.4 miles) ⓘLucky Jim Mine, Zincton, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
39.3km (24.4 miles) ⓘAlamo Lode mine, Howson Creek, Sandon, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘMyrtle mine, Memphis Creek, Slocan, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘSilver King Mine, Toad Mountain, Nelson, Nelson Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
53.9km (33.5 miles) ⓘHellroaring Creek Intrusive Complex, St. Mary Lake, Kimberley, Fort Steele Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZED FRACTURES AT THE BLUEBELL MINE SITE, RIONDEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA DAVID P. MOYNIHAN† AND DAVID...Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada Abstract The Bluebell Pb-Zn deposit is located on the east...east side of Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia. It is a fracture-controlled replacement deposit...southeastern British Columbia. Introduction The Bluebell Pb-Zn deposit is located in Riondel, on the eastern...shore of Kootenay Lake in southeastern British Columbia, western Canada (Fig. 1). It is hosted by Lower Cambrian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during Eocene extension, southeastern British Columbia, Canada GEORGES BEAUDOIN,“* B. E. TAYLOR,‘.’ and...Ontario, Canada KIN 6N5 2 Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KlA 0E8...Abstract-The Kokanee Range, southeastern British Columbia, Canada, contains more than 370 AgPb-Zn vein and...rocks. All deposits are in the hanging wall of the Slocan Lake Fault, an east-dipping low-angle normal fault...Regional isotopic zonations are controlled by the Slocan Lake Fault which channelled deep-seated hydrothermal
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* GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION m...Cook GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CANADIAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION *>...*> ****** ŠGeological Association of Canada Printed in Canada This publication is available by mail...the Geological Survey of Canada: Editors: R. I. Thompson; Cordilleran Division, Vancouver, B.C. D. G....geological discovery and development in western Canada is highlighted in this volume of field guides.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
waters: An example from the Bluebell Pb-Zn deposit, British Columbia, Canada* A. CHANGKAKOTI’,J. GRAY’... Edmonton, Canada T6G 251 2Department of Geology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2E3 (Received...extracted from quartz samples of the Bluebell Pb-Zn deposit, British Columbia. The results demonstrate that...source of the elements. The Bluebell Pb-Zn deposit in southern British Columbia was chosen for investigation...by R. D. Morton just prior to the closure of the mine. (iii) New results might help to resolve uncertainties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NelsonBatholith and the KootenayArc, BritishColumbia,Canada P. H. R•.¾•o•.I)SAm) A. J. Abstract Absolutelead...isotopeabundancesare reported for galenasfrom Sullivan mine and mineral depositsin various parts of the Kootenayarc...relativelyhigh M•.•*. depositsin Slocanand Ainsworth mining Pb/U ratio, and it is therefore,unlikelythat in...batholithformation Nelson Batholith in south-central British Columbia, has contributedsignificantamountsof radiogenic...suggestion abundantin rocks of the Upper Triassic Slocan has been questionedin some cases (e.g., Fyles,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Manchester Library] at 00:11 06 November 2014 Eagle Mine, Cilman, Eagle County, Colorado W orld production...number of good sphalerite occurrences, the Eagle mine at Gilman holds the record as that state’s leading...sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs...sphalerite (variety marmatite) on siderite from the Eagle mine, Gilman, Colorado. The 8.4-cm specimen is in the...in Connecticut pegmatites, including the Tolgate mine at Middletown where masses to 25 cm across occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystals in Canada G ypsum is an important industrial mineral in Canada, with large mines in British Columbia...the trading material of local collectors. British Columbia Princeton Jagged-edged, “etched,” and clay-included...are found in the dumps of the Pleasant Valley coal mine as well as in the glaciolacustrine sediments around...them resemble Christmas trees. Bluebell Mine, Riondel This lead-zinc mine produced some interesting gypsum...{120} terminations—to 13 cm were collected at the mine (Grice and Gault 1977). Fort St. John/Peace River
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE KOKANEE RANGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA* GEORGESBEAUDOIN** Geological Surveyof Canada,601 BoothStreet,Ottawa...isotopictracers.In the KokaneeRange, southeastBritish Columbia,isotopictracershave identifieda coherentsetof...inferred crustalextension,alongthe footwallof the Slocan solelybasedonthe reservoirsidentifiedfor otherele-...address:Dhpartementde G•ologie et de G•nie of siderite,dolomite,calcite,or quartz.MineralizaG•ologique,Universit•Laval...Groupsof deposits ß Sandonß Kokanee • ß Ainsworth ß Bluebell • • Fault, normal 1 5km Group boundary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
at the Valhalla Metamorphic Core Complex, British Columbia* GREGORY J. HOLK† Department of Geological...California 90840-3902 AND HUGH P. TAYLOR, JR. Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California...terminus of the Columbia River detachment fault and the northern terminus of the Slocan Lake detachment...fluids ascended through fractures and exchanged with Slocan Group shales and graywackes to produce the marked...deposits. (2) Later, as brittle deformation along the Slocan Lake detachment fault became the dominant tectonic
Journal (issue)
Calaveras County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$1,400 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. GOLD—1.4 oz. mass, large crystals...dera County, Calif. GOLD on Quartz—$2,750 Crystal Mine, Angels Camp, Calif. KRISTALLE Wayne and Dona...97 7 feature articles publisher John S. White Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian Institution editor...Bideaux Mineralogist Paul E. Desautels Supervisor, Division of Mineralogy The Smithsonian Institution Peter...Peter G. Embrey Curator of Minerals The British Museum (Natural History) Richard V. Gaines Mineralogist
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superb (if not always colorful) minerals from the mining camps of the American West. He collected many of...high and miners were arriving daily from every mining camp in the west. Butte was known then as the capital...pyrite, covellite, digenite, and colusite. The Emma mine, in “down-town” Butte, was producing rhodochrosite...shift change I hurried up the street, past the Emma mine, to the Old Lincoln Hotel 71 where Ed resided...biggest impression on me were two from the Blackbird mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho. One was a large piece with a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OHMOTO AND ROBERT O. RYE Abstract At the Bluebell mine, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and galena occur as...major sulfide minerals, and knebelite, quartz, and calcite as th• major gangue minerals in the Tertiary lead-zinc...relationships in the hydrothermal solutionsat the Bluebell mine and those of the Salton Sea brines describedby...least the later stages of mineralization in the Bluebell mine were largely meteoricin origin. The observedvariationsin...arc ........ 419 Geologyin the vicinity of the Bluebell Peninsula419 Stratigraphy ...................
Report (issue)
57 38.53 Total 100.00 99.93 100.10 (1) Homestake mine, Lead, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA; corresponds... pentlandite, many other sulfides, magnetite, calcite, dolomite. Distribution: Massive material occurs...(Nagybánya) district, Romania. From the Stari Trg mine, Trepča, Serbia. In Val Passiria, Trentino-Alto...Primorskiy Kray. Large crystals from the Morro Velho gold mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil. At the Potosı́...Chihuahua, Mexico. From the Bluebell mine, Riondel, British Columbia, Canada. Name: From the Greek for
in the field ~“ Various geological locations iin Canada© Physical properties of minerals and rocks, and...galena and surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet...Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development...publishing activities. Ss Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada vw ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL
Journal (issue)
Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Idaho, Alaska and the Canadian Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. Disclaimer The Mineralogical...gold was discovered along the Fraser River in British Columbia, a new gold rush drew more than 30,000 prospectors...the end of the year “British Columbia” had been formally established as a British colony—in part to prevent...lead. So when American and British ships were exploring the British Columbia islands in 1851, residents
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Deposits of the Quesnel Lake District, British Columbia, Canada*, ** Suzanne Paradis,1,† George J. Simandl...Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada V8L 4B2 2 British 3 Earth...Earth, Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines, P.O. Box 9333, Station Province Government, Victoria,... British Columbia, Canada V8W 9N3 Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver...Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 Abstract Carbonate-hosted Pb and Zn mineralization in the
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts. and the Ontario Arts Council...acknowledge the financial suppo1t of the Government of Canada through the Book Pubbshing lndus!Jy Development...publishing activities. Canada Council for the Arts Conseil des Arts du Canada PA ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL...CONSEIL DES ARTS DE L'ONTARIO Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Grice, Joel Beginner's...Key How to Tdentify a Rock Geological Regions of Canada 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 Metallic Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
desduringlaterstageII. Main ganguemineralswere calcite,kutnohorite, rhodochrosite, andquartz.Ag, As,andSb...areprobablycompatiblewith oldersedimentary rocksof the mine district.Salinitylevelsand NaCI/CaC12ratiosare similarto... The mine plant is at an altitudeof 4,500 m, but peaksin the districtreachabove5,100 m. Mining levelsrangefrom4...significant productionof leadandzinc geologyof the mine district,the geometryandstruc- (Benavides,1984)...(Soldi, 1989). Exploration and Mining History RegionalGeologicSetting Mining activityat Uchucchacua datesfrom
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On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALBERTA Mineral occurrences in western Canada [British Columbia and Alberta] (by A. Ingelson) 15:8994...nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored vein-dikes (by L. Moyd) 21:235-248 ALICE...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Basson, M.-J. McCall...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia, Ore Geology Reviews (2018)...Controls on Mineralisation at the Namib Lead and Zinc Mine, Damara Belt, Namibia I.J. Bassona,c,*, M.-J. McCalla...Africa Abstract The Namib Lead and Zinc (Pb-Zn) Mine is hosted within the Karibib Formation of the Swakop...Pband Zn-rich over a strike extent of >100 km. Mining took place in the upper portions of a remobilized
Book
Š 2011 Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this publication...Cataloging-in-Publication Data (U.S.) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait, Kimberly. Tait...States by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd. PO. Box 1338, Ellicott Station...at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Photography: Brian Boyle, MPA, FPPO, and Miguel...publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
North-Central British Columbia B. J. COOKE* AND C. I. GODWIN The Universityof British Columbia. Vancouver...Vancouver.British Columbia V6T 2B4. Canada Abstract The McDame tungstenskarnprospectoccursin Hadrynianto Ordovicianclasticand...2095 West 44th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V6M 2T1, Canada. 0361-0128/84/313/826-16$2.50 ore minerals. ...Fritz (1978, 1980) elsewhere in north central British Columbia (Table 1). Kechika Group KechikaGroup rocksunderlie... Layered oxide facies (LOF) feldsparzone (FZ) calcite zone (CZ) talc zone (TZ) 4 3 L 3 1 1 L 4
Journal (volume)
JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR Norman Moles...with all aspects of mineralogy relating to the British Isles. Contributions are welcome from both members...plumbogummite with yellow pyromorphite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. R.J. King Collection (ex...cavity lined with green malachite. Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. Norman Thomson Collection...mines, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria: Part 3 Roughton Gill Mine Trevor F. Bridges, David Green, Michael S. Rumsey
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. < os, EYan itish Columbia ———s™ POOR 1950" ee SJ ¥ a LV Kgi RTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY = Hl...Map of the SLOCAN LAKE District. March 276. WON li SO é OLD. SILV ERTON British Columbia 1891 - 1930...Publication Data Norris, John, 1922- Old Silverton, British Columbia, 1891-1930 Includes bibliographical references...friends who conducted the author to many of the mine sites in the district and to Mr. Steve Phillips...(Silvana Division), who allowed the author to accompany him on his rounds underground in their mine at Sandon
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from 100øCor lessat Pine Point to nearly500øCat Bluebell. The majority of depositsstudiedcontainleadzinc...values that averagenear 0 per rail. Others, suchas Bluebell, Cortez, Pine Point, and Black Hills Tertiary...LATESTAOE.. PAS•'OBUENO PANASQUEIRA DARWIN MOGUL [] BLUEBELL BLACK -- HILLS CORTEZ KUROKO PINE POINT ECHO...Mogul, Ireland (Greig et al., 1971); Bluebell, British Columbia (Ohmoto, unpub.data; Ohmoto and Rye,...fluid is distributedbemay reverse direction as at Bluebell or scatter as tween H•S and sac", the sulfur isotopiccomposiat
 
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