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Acanthite from
Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:573860
Long-form Identifier:1:3:573860:1
GUID (UUID V4):e5c49073-fde1-4fbd-a1b7-0872f1f1c9dd
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
No. 10 mine, Britannia Mine, Britannia Beach, Vancouver Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
observed. Several tellurides are well known from British Columbia. A 1 x2 cm matrix con­ tained an interesting...would be more familiar: galena and "argentite" (acanthite). Altaite is indistinguishable from galena while...while hessite is more silvery in color than acanthite. Arsenopyrite is a commonly encoun­ tered mineral...though they belong to a "new" crystal system. Canada British Columbian Finds Arnold Gussen of Clearbrook...ventures. The Highland Bell mine in Beaverdell is a still operating silver mine. The ore minerals include
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR: George...concerning the topographical mineralogy of the British Isles arc particularly welcome . Not~s for contributors...from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 Growth of acanthite on native silver...extensive contemporary private collections of British minerals, which now forms the core of the collection...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be
Report (issue)
draft form include: John Betts Refiners Limited, Britannia Refined Metals Limited, Carnon Consolidated Tin...Bibliography 97 ll,LUSTRATIONS Fig 1 Former silver mining areas and silver occurrences in the United Kingdom...primary silver resources 16 Table 2 Selected EEC mining operations with silver-bearing base metal concentrate...silver-containing batteries 80 Table 10 United Kingdom mine production of silver: 1851-1982 83 Table 11 United...86 Table 13 World mine production of silver: 1821-1981 87 Table 14 World mine production of silver
Journal (issue)
noted) (top row, from left) Acanthite with silver, 2.6 cm, from the Uchucchacua mine, Peru; Allan Young collection...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
Pty Ltd, Hobart Cover photo: Crocoite, Adelaide mine, Dundas [Photo: A. Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite...Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine [Photo: A. Tuma] Cassiterite on quartz, Blue Tier [Photo:...Mount Bischoff [Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine [Photo: J. Leeming] While every care has been taken...Geology of Tasmania… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Mining in Tasmania … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … William...Mineral descriptions… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Acanthite to Azurite … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Baileychlore
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...to change without notic e Queen ' s Printer for Canada Ottawa 1970 A CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN MINERALS
Catalog/List
BRITISH-MICROMOUNT SOCIETY NATIONAL REFERENCE COLLECTION SPECIMEN NUMBERS, I TO 2000 SEPTEMBER 1998 ...refere nce and specime n numbe r(s) 25 3 Inde x by mine ral showing spe cime n numbers 39 4 Index by...Name of the speci es. Locality. including name of mine or quarry, nearest town and county, and six figure...Waterba.nk mine Waterbank mine Hilton mine Esgair Hir mine Milltown quany Esgair Hir mine Broadlaw vein...Mllttownquany Wh.Jane Comw. HIiton mine Waterbank mine Mllltown quany Eaglebrook mine Uechwedd Helyg Wh.Gorland
Report (issue)
represents United States-California and CNMN represents Canada-Manitoba. LATITUDE (LAT) AND LONGITUDE (LONG) ...Archean and Proterozoic, using 2,500 m.y. as the division between them. Abbreviated age names are listed...CPY CT CU CUB CUM CUP DIG DIOP 1 MINERAL NAME ACANTHITE ACTING LITE SILVER ALBITE ALTAITE ALUNITE AMPHIBOLE...Burma Canada, British Columbia Canada, Manitoba Canada, New Brunswick Canada, Newfoundland Canada, Nova...Nova Scotia Canada, Northwest Territory Canada, Ontario Canada, Quebec Canada, Saskatchewan Cyprus Fiji
Corporate Document (Series)
Adelaide mine, Dundas {Photo: A Wright] Rear cover: Bismuthinite on quartz and siderite, Princess mine {Photo:...Mount Bischoff {Photo: A. Tuma] Siderite, Renison mine {Photo:]. Leeming] While every care has been taken... Acknowledgments Introduction ... ... Geology of Tasmania ... Mining in Tasmania ... William Petterd (1849-1910) and...Fossicking in Tasmania Mineral descriptions... ... Acanthite to Azurite Baileychlore to Bytownite Cairngorm...in Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... ... Geology and mine locations, Dundas mineral field Geology and major
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR: George...Contribution; co ncerning the topographical mine 7alogy of the British Isles are particularly welcome. Notes...with calcite, galena and pyrite. Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co . Galway, Eire. Sir Arthur Russell...vivianite PG. Embrey 77 Native silver from Hilderston mine , West Lothian. Scotland T.K. Meikle 83 Mineralogy...Hampstead Farm quarry, Chipping Sodbury, Avon : a new British occurrence ;ov!.F. Brooke 103 An unusual occurrence
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
Book
additional species new to Wales. and perhaps new to the British Isles. It is also probable that species completely...Aberllyn Mine. near Betws-y-Coed (Bevins er al .. 1982). and lanthanite-(Ce). from the Britannia Mine. at...Wales are listed in Table I. In addition. first British Isles reports for 67 other mineral species were...Figure J. Geological map of Wales. Based on the British Geological Survey I: I 000 000 sheet Geology of...). Reproduced ~y permission of _the Director, British Geological Survey: NERC copyright reserved. Topography
Report (issue)
Front cover top: 5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin...Photo Robert Gambee Below: Crystallized gold from Canada Private collection; Jeff Scovil photo extraLapis...and Bill Birch The Rush for Gold Turns North to Canada and Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . .P. 74 Dave Ellis The British Gold Rush of 1854 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .P. 76 Michael P. Cooper Page 58 British Gold: Rare and Collectable . . . . . . . . . .
Report (volume)
of Science A. I. M. E____ American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers Aardrijksk---. Aardrijkskundig...diagram Direcci6n Dissertation district distribution division Doctoral, Document Doctoral Dissertation dolomite...Meteorological, etc. microscopic, etc. Mimeographed Mineral, Mining min. res_ _ _ _ _ mineral resources Mineralog_____...Brunswick. Agricultural and Industrial Progress in Canada vols. 25, nos. 1, 3, 4, 6-10, 12; 26, nos. 3, 5...American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Contributions 134, 136-139; Mining and Metallurgy
Journal (issue)
course running parallel to the mining industry , where taxation and mining laws, high labour costs, etc...or promotion of scientific research. Tickow Lane mine in Leicestershire is a good example. Sites of prime...RusseLL Soc., I, 80. B. Young & E.W. Johnson, British GeoLogicaL Survey, Windsor Court, Windsor Terrace...Cornwall, langite has been reported from only a few British localities. The more recently described dimorph...740) from Drakewalls Mine, Gunnislake, Cornwsll where it occurs as a post-mine encrustation associated
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
Book (edition)
CIP record of this book is available from the British Library First published in November 2019 First...Southern Scotland; however, I stumbled across a British Geological Survey (BGS) report that suggested gold...is, and has been, in the past; not only had gold mining been carried out for centuries but probably millennia...with quartz and green malachite. From Bampfylde Mine, Devon. (View: ~3mm) 9 6 - Locations Information...Council from Truro, which is also its only city. Mining in Cornwall is believed to date back to between
Report (volume)
vols. 9, 10. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers: Transactions, vols...Botanical Gazette, vols. 79-82. Chicago, 111. British Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Annual Report of the Minister...Minister of Mines for 1924, 1925. Victoria, British Columbia. Bulletins of American Paleontology, vol....11, 12. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletin, nos. 79, 94-97. San Francisco...Stations: Bulletin, vol. 2, nos. 5-9. Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary report for 1924, 1925;
Report (issue)
for the Geology Division of Cl M as SPECIAL VOLUME 37 by THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY...INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY Suite 400, 1130 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2M8...Geology Division of CIM, the Mineral Deposits Division (MDD) of the Geological Association of Canada and...Cordillera. N.C. Carter (former Chairman of the Geology Division) was helpful in ensuring support for publication...J. Cabri, both former Chairmen of the Geology Division Symposia Committee and Special Volumes Committee
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE RUSSELL SOCIETY The journal of British Isles topographical mineralogy EDITOR: George...with all aspect s of mineralogy relating to the British Isles . Contributions are welcome from both members...Cuprite, variety chalcutrichite, from Fowey Consols mine (Lanescot section). Tywardreath. Cornwall. Field...and S.M. Ingram 23 Hannotome from Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumbria, England D.l. Green and l.R....botallackite and clinoatacamite, from Castletown mine, Lochgilphead, Scotland R.E. Starkey and .v Huhbm-d
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
copper mine in the very north of Sweden. Mining operations started in 1968 and the current mining depth...X. Matos The Jörn granitoid complex, Skellefte mining district, Sweden: petrography, lithogeochemistry...Ahola Occurrence of gold (electrum) in the Lousal mine, Iberian pyrite belt, Portugal ..................sulfide (VMS) deposit, Newfoundland Appalachians, Canada ................... 572 ......................III & Harvey E. Belkin  457 Exploration and mining perspective of the Kupferschiefer series in SW
Book
Properties George W. Robinson, Ph.D. Earth Sciences Division Canadian Museum of Nature Photography by Jeffrey...catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 297 83329 4 Printed in Hong Kong...Italy or California, seasonal avalanches in British Columbia or the Alps, or periodic floods by the Mississippi...Diablo, Arizona. 12 x 13 cm. (Geological Survey of Canada specimen) By studying meteorites such as this one...P L AT E 8 Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Groundhog mine, Vanadium, New Mexico. 4 x 5 cm. Thesecrystals formed
Journal (issue)
M. Gressm an tgressman@comcast.n et The Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba Province, Democratic...COVER: METATORBERNITE, 6.6 cm, from the Musonoi mine, Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo...or $315 / three years, (Canada) $180 / one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $259 per year Subscription...part-time while working as a geologist for various mining companies including Halferdahl and Associates (1974-1980)...of Toronto, and they mounted field trips to British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Yukon and
Report (volume)
vols. 3-12. Tulsa, Okla. American Institute of Mining Engineers: Bulletin, nos. 145-156; Technical Publication...1-157; Transactions, vols. 60-76. New York. See also Mining and Metallurgy. American Journal of Science, 4th...Botanical Gazette, vols. 67-86. Chicago, 111. British Columbia, Bureau of Mines: Annual Reports of Minister...vols. 9-17. San Francisco, Calif. California State Mining Bureau: Bulletins 79, 85-101. San Francisco, Calif...Geography, vols. 2, 3 (no. 1). Berkeley, Calif. Canada, Geological Survey: Summary Reports 1917-1927;
Book
terrapublishing.net ISB-:--:-13: 978-1-903544-22-8 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A ClP record...record for this book is available from the British library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication...publications describing British minerals. Another surprise has been the number of British and Irish type localities...non-species) that are named after people with British or Irish links. It is a reflection of the long...a world leader in the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers
 
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