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Baryte from
Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Baryte
Formula:BaSO4
Habit:tabular
Colour:honey-yellow, colourless, grey
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite109
Quartz8
- var Milky Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Baryte data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rock Candy Mine, Grand Forks, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Photo GalleryView Gallery (61 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1660
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1660:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Baryte
22.8km (14.2 miles) Keno Mine (Evening Star Mine; Wellington Camp), Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
45.5km (28.2 miles) Highland Bell Mine, Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
46.3km (28.8 miles) Sally Mine, Mount Wallace (Wallace Mountain), Beaverdell, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
59.7km (37.1 miles) Flagstaff Mountain Mine, Northport Area, Northport Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
66.5km (41.3 miles) O'Toole Mountain Prospect, Colville Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
68.2km (42.4 miles) Knob Hill Mine, Republic Mining District, Ferry County, Washington, USA
68.5km (42.6 miles) Williams Lake Barite Prospect, Colville Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
71.1km (44.2 miles) Uribe Mine, Colville Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Oman Prospect, Colville Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
73.0km (45.4 miles) A and C Mine, Clugston Creek Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USA
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