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Biotite from
Red Bluff prospect, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Bluff prospect, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:602023
Long-form Identifier:1:3:602023:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘSnip Mine, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
2.2km (1.3 miles) ⓘJohnny Mountain mine (Stonehouse deposit), Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘBronson Skarn, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘInel deposit, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘZippa Mountain pluton, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘBurgundy prospect, Newmont Lake district, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
52.2km (32.4 miles) ⓘCopper Canyon prospect, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
54.3km (33.7 miles) ⓘSulphurets deposits, KSM project, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
54.3km (33.8 miles) ⓘMitchell Cu-Au deposit, KSM project, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
55.2km (34.3 miles) ⓘGalore Creek Cu-Au-Ag deposit, Galore Creek, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
Rhys, D.A. (1993): Geology of the Snip mine and its relationship to the magmatic and deformational history of the Johnny Mountain area, northwestern British Columbia. The University of British Columbia, unpublished M.Sc. thesis, 1993, 278 pp.
Macdonald, A. James, Lewis, Peter D., Thompson, John F. H., Nadaraju, Genga, Bartsch, Roland, Bridge, David J., Rhys, David A., Roth, Tina, Kaip, Andrew, Godwin, Colin I., Sinclair, Alastair J. (1996) Metallogeny of an Early to Middle Jurassic arc, Iskut River area, northwestern British Columbia. Economic Geology, 91 (6) 1098-1114 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.91.6.1098
 
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