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Diopside from
Copper Queen Mine, Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copper Queen Mine, Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1439111
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1439111:2
GUID (UUID V4):4bba8bd1-f5f1-4e2f-bb58-8cb9f8b1be5d
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
0.6km (0.4 miles) Little Billie Mine (Little Billy; McLeod No.1 Fraction; Van Anda; Vananda) Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
0.9km (0.6 miles) Marble Bay mine, Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
1.2km (0.8 miles) Cornell Mine, Texada Island, Nanaimo Mining Division, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
References
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Report (Issue volume)
Printer, Ottawa, from the Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St., Ottawa, and at the following Canadian...available for reference in public libraries across Canada. Price $1.30 Catalogue No. M41-8/8-1 Price subject...Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1964 Page 1 e INTRODUCTION 2 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 11...general equipment Care of specimens Collecting in Canada Mineral and rock sets Abbreviations used in references...references YUKON NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN MANITOBA APPENDICES Additional
Book (volume)
Field Guide to GOLD, GEMSTONE & MINERAL SITES ot British Columbja “ee 7 Oat | I; Se Rees ce « to...MINERAL SITES of British Columbjz Volume 2 Sites Within A Day’s Drive of Vancouver RICK HUDSON OrcCA...sites of British Columbia Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Vol. I, Vancouver Island...Island — v. 2,.Sites within a day’s drive of Vancouver. ISBN 1-55143-057-6 (v. 1) —- ISBN 1-55143-150-5...resources — British Columbia — Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Prospecting — British Columbia. I. Title. II
Report (issue)
1987 INTRODUCTION A significant proportion of mining industry's interest in the last few years has been...Goosly), British Columbia; Salsigne, France; Pamlico, Nevada; Red Cloud, Nevada; Island Copper, British Columbia;...Bi-bearing skarns (Stormant) are known in the Moina Mining District, Tasmania, Australia, which is largely...Gold Company; and Edward I. Bloomstein of Santa Fe Mining. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION Deposit type: Other Names:...setting: In North America, mostly cordiHeran and island-arc settings; some in rifted craton. Emplacement
Report (volume)
complexly zoned garnets from oxidized skarn, Surprise Mine, Nevada 16 Ternary diagrams showing ranges of garnet...skarns 22 Graphs showing gold grade compared with copper grade and silver grade 23 Contents Ill TABLES...In recent years, a significant proportion of the mining industry's interest has been centered on discovery...found in Paleozoic and Cenozoic orogenic-belt and island-arc settings and are associated with felsic to...include garnet (andradite-grossular), pyroxene (diopside-hedenbergite), wollastonite, chlorite, epidote
Report (issue)
PAPER 69-45 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, MINES AND RESOURCES A CATALOGUE OF...MINERALS R. J. Traill ' GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA CANADA PAPER 69-45 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS...n's Printer, Ottawa from the Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Ottawa and Canadian Government bookshops...221 Yonge Street WINNIPEG - 499 Portage Avenue VANCOUVER - 657 Granville Street or through your booksel...Price subject to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN
Report (volume)
Bulletin, vol. 40. New York. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bi-Monthly Bulletin, nos. 19-24; Transactions...series, vols. 25, 26. New Haven, Conn. American Mining Congress: Papers and Addresses, 10th Annual Session...Botanical Gazette, vols. 45, 46. Chicago, 111. British Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Annual Report of the Minister... vol. 2, no. 1. Oakland, Cal. California State Mining Bureau: Report of Board of Trustees for 1908; Bulletins...Geology: Bulletin, vol. 5, nos. 12-17. Berkeley, Cal. Canada Geological Survey: Summary report for 1907; and
Journal (volume)
1 Return to itss INDEX Canadian Mining Journal, Vol. 34 JANUARY 1st, 1913 TO DECEMBER 31st... The Canadian Mining Journal (With which A is incorporated "The Canadian Mining Review.") Journal...Journal Devoted to Mining and Metallurgy Published on the First and Subscription in Canada, $2.00 Fifteenth...The Canadian Mining Journal, 44-46 Lombard St., Toronto to — INDEX CANADIAN MINING JOURNAL. VOL,...JN'ephrite, British Columbia, Visit to Mines of Alberta Notes on, by W. J. Woolsey, 519.* Accidents, Mine, 250
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University 859 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 0C4 peter.tarassoff@sympatico.ca M CGILL...of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island (Dawson 1855). Figure 3. From left: Redpath Museum...Pinch Medal from the Mineralogical Association of Canada. VISITOR INFORMATION Address: Redpath Museum,...Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C4, Canada Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11...Montreal founded in 1827, and the Geological Survey of Canada established in 1842. All three museums were available
Report (issue)
dvice of the Mineral rnittee. show the chief .British Countries o · production of metallic ores, and... J. Joa N s (LoNo.), A.I.C. /,i Pr,paral;D,, COPPER; NICKEL; VANADIUM; MERC ZINC; ALUMINIUM; ETc. ...MINERAL RESOURCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MINERAL...particularly in the British Empire. No attempt has been made to give details of mining or metallurgical...II SOURCES OF SUPPLY OF MOLYBDENUM ORES (a) BRITISH EMPIRE Europe: England; Scotland; Ireland Asia
Book (edition)
interesting facts about the people involved in mining, current price lists of various stones, and numerous...in 1976 by V.-\..N NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY A Division of Litton Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West... Ontario MlP 2E7, Canada V.-\.'- NoSTRA.'-D Rrn,'HOLD AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria...price increases, which make it more attractive to mine domestic deposits at a profit. Foreign labor is...information is included on the persons involved in mining the deposits, with dates and other pertinent information
Report (volume)
Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Published for the Geological Society...Society of CIM as VOLUME 46 by the OF MINING, METALLURGY SPECIAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY...PETROLEUM COPYRIGHT © 1995 BY CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM Suite 1210, 3400 de Maisonneuve...Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3Z 3B8 ISBN 0-919086-56-X PRINTED BY HARPELL’S...PRESS COOPERATIVE Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada Preface CIM Special Volume 46 is organized into
Report (volume)
for the names of States and for the provinces of Canada are given in Part I.] Anon anonymous papers, placed...State Mining Bureau Can G S Canada, Geological Survey Can :M Br Canada, Mines Branch Can Pari Canada, Parliament...(F P), 94; Phalen. 08c: Pratt, Olh; US G S, 83; Canada: McLeish, 10, 14 Absaroka folio, Wyo. (no. 52):·Hague...56a American geological science, indebtedness to Canada: Dawson (J W), 87 Antiquity of man: Penck, 09a...to geology: Rice (W N), 07 Cretaceous system in Canada: Whiteaves, 94 Crystalline rocks of the Northwest:
Journal (issue)
Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection and photo. Amethyst...Meieran collection. Forsterite, 2 cm, from St. John’s Island, Egypt. Ray Hill collection; Michael Bainbridge...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
Book
written permission of the Publisher. Ontario, Canada. First printing Publisher Cataloging-in-Publication...8 dc22 QE392.T358 2011 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Tait Kimbeny T Gems...C32T67 2011 Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. Published in Canada by Firefly Books Ltd. Buffalo, New York Richmond...at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Illustrations: Crowle Art Group Note: For illustrative...publishing program by the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund as administered by the Department
Report (issue)
Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES BULLETIN.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter I. Mining Districts of Counties and the State of Utah. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...increasing both because of renewed activity in old mining camps and because of Utahns and tourists who seek...selected metallic minerals of each county. CHAPTER I MINING DISTRICTS OF COUNTIES AND THE STATE OF UTAH The
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etc. T Tsumeb (vol. 8, no. 3) M y Michigan Copper Country (vol. 23, no. 2) Co. Company G Greenland...book-format issues (8/#3, Tsumeb; 23/#2, Michigan Copper Country; 23/#4, Yukon Phosphates; 24/#2, Greenland;...I 1991 337--424 273-336 [ 1-128 129-208 [ COPPER] [ 177-256 185-280 169-248 [ 425-528 337--400...the FM-TGMS-MSA Symposium on Azurite and other copper carbonates (chairman: K. Wenrich) 22:65-69 [Abstracts...Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON, STIG G. Hrucopper and cobalt
Book
© 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
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF CANADA Ann P. Sabina and R. J. TraiU Price 50 cents 1960 GEOLOGICAL OF SURVEY CANADA CANADA...SPECIMEN MOUNTS ON FILE AT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA By Ann P. Sabina and R . J. Traill DEPARTMENT...DEPARTMENT MINES AND OF TECHNICAL SURVE Y S CANADA 85651-1 .. CATALOGUE OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERNS...SPECIMEN MOUNTS ON FILE AT THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CF CANADA A reference file of approximately 650 X-ray diffraction...established in the X-ray laboratory, Geological Survey of Canada. Presented in this paper is a list of the patterns
Report (issue)
RUSSIA ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA SIGNIFICANT...2-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks 3-Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver...2-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks; '-Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver;...9-U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage INTRODUCTION Mine. A site where valuable minerals have been extracted...occurrence, mineral deposit, prospect, and (or) mine. Metallogenic belt. A geologic unit (area) that
Journal (volume)
THE CAxXADIAN MINING REVIEW. i Westinghouse Motors For nine Thoroughly reliable, highly...particulars address nearest office Sovereign Baak of Canada Bldg. Lawlor Bids., Kinn and Yonne Sts. Hastiti|t<4...GranviUe Street Batik Bldg. Halifax Winnipeg Vancouver DIAMOND DRILLS Our Drills are of the latest...MANUFACTURERS OF HAMMERED AND ROLLED STEEL FOR MINING PURPOSES Tee Rails, Edge Rails, Fish Plates, Bevelled...-MIXING REV1E:W. in COAL DOMINION COAL BAY, C.B., CANADA MINERS OF GLACE INTERNATIONAL" GAS GOAL BITUMINOUS
Catalog/List
mineral, "At were of large, prisms, of this mine have been obtained, more Note. - Galena offer...in the specimens Dundasite, bunches samples Mine, of occurs lode. beautiful white large more...very Stewart originally Cornish mining ceeding by colour, Mine fractures of great the mineral...extremely some rarely Anglesite. Embolite, back Mine. with minute of small of capping gossan the...characteristic somewhat lead, Siberia. in this island discovery occurs of beautiful mineral, generally
Journal (issue)
Dunn Smithsonian Institution Peter G. Embrey British Museum (Natural History) Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological...2 Wellsic Lane, Rothley Leicestershire LE7 7Qb Canada: Mrs. J. W. Peat 36 Deepwood Crescent Don Mills...Though most famous for azurite, malachite and other copper minerals, Bisbee has produced more than 200 different... Introduction Bisbee is located in the Warren mining district of Cochise Coun­ ty, Arizona. Situated...common in the areas surrounding the town. Active mining began late in 1877 and continued with only minor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Items Dax Landes, France Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico A t a...France Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee...Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee...Bisbee, Arizona Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona Chessy, France with Uranophane and Mangan-Apatite, Ruggles...Ruggles Mine, Grafton Ctr., New Hampshire with Quartz Crystals - Felsobanya, Hungary Cumberland, England
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...Back Cover COVER PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite...fluo­ rescence under ultraviolet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful...See QUARTZ AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate. Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine. Sky-blue micro
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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