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Keno Mine (Evening Star Mine; Wellington Camp), Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Keno Mine (Evening Star Mine; Wellington Camp) | Mine |
| Greenwood Mining Division | Division |
| British Columbia | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
49° 3' 58'' North , 118° 35' 22'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sion | 658 (2019) | 9.0km |
| Grand Forks | 4,208 (2008) | 11.8km |
| Curlew | 118 (2011) | 20.1km |
| Orient | 115 (2011) | 35.9km |
| Republic | 1,072 (2017) | 47.7km |
Vein-type lead-zinc deposit. The adjoining Keno and Orphir claims are centred on a low ridge just east of the Lone Star haulage road, 3.9 kilometres south of Phoenix and 6.8 kilometres southeast of Greenwood.
Upper Paleozoic rocks on the Keno and Ophir claims consist of volcanics and metasediments of the Attwood Group and greenstones of the Knob Hill Group. These are cut by granodiorites of the Jurassic Nelson Intrusions.
By 1933, development on the property consists of an 11-metre deep shaft on a banded quartz vein (Keno vein) varying from 8 centimetres to 0.9 metre in width and striking 023 degrees northeast. The vein has been traced up for 250 metres and contains pyrite, galena, sphalerite, gold, and silver. Chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and magnetite are also disseminated in limestones. About 46 metres south of this shaft, a crosscut was started with the idea of intersecting the shaft vein about 46 metres south and 8 metres lower in elevation. A second steeply dipping quartz vein intersects the first striking diagonally, at about 110 degrees, across to the shaft. This vein is 15 to 50 centimetres wide and 200 metres in length.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 References: |
| ⓘ Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 References: |
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite' Formula: (Cu,Ag)6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | 'var. Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite' | 2.GB.05 | (Cu,Ag)6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
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| Link to British Columbia Minfile: | 082ESE192 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Columbia MountainsMountain Range
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- QuesnelliaVolcanic Arc
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