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Chromite from
Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Placer Deposits, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:113577
Long-form Identifier:1:3:113577:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘPlacer deposits, Similkameen River, Princeton, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
9.4km (5.8 miles) ⓘGrasshopper claims, Grasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘGrasshopper Mt, Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘGranite Creek, Tulameen, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
35.9km (22.3 miles) ⓘPlacer Deposits, Similkameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
36.0km (22.3 miles) ⓘGiant Mascot Mine, Hope, New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
86.8km (53.9 miles) ⓘWells Creek Chromite Occurrence, Mount Baker Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
89.6km (55.7 miles) ⓘDiablo Claim, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
94.5km (58.7 miles) ⓘBoulder Creek Prospect, Mount Baker Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
94.6km (58.8 miles) ⓘFraser River (Lytton Bar) placer occurrence, Kamloops Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64
USGS Professional Paper 630
Cabri, L. J., Owens, D. R., Laflamme, J. H. G. (1973) Tulameenite, a new platinum - iron - copper mineral from placers in the Tulameen River area, British Columbia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 12 (1) 21-25
Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.
 
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