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Magnetite from
Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Habit:anhedral grains
Colour:black
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cassiar Mine, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:56152
Long-form Identifier:1:3:56152:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘContact Group, McDame Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘContact Group occurrence, Cassiar, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
16.7km (10.3 miles) ⓘNeedlepoint Mountain, McDame area, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
69.8km (43.4 miles) ⓘDease Creek, Dease Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
98.4km (61.2 miles) ⓘEaglehead prospect, Dease Lake, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
150.
Sabina, Ann P. (1973) Rocks and minerals for the collector: The Alaska Highway; Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Yukon/Alaska border. Paper 72-32. Geological Survey of Canada, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources 146 pp.
O'Hanley, David S. (1988) The origin of alpine peridotite-hosted, cross fiber, chrysotile asbestos deposits. Economic Geology, 83(2), 256-265.
Grice, Joel D. (1989) Jade from the Cassiar Mountains. In Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences. p.24-30.
 
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