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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Eskay Creek mine, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Eskay Creek mine, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:431536
Long-form Identifier:1:3:431536:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
19.1km (11.9 miles) ⓘMitchell Cu-Au deposit, KSM project, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
19.3km (12.0 miles) ⓘIron Cap Cu-Au deposit, KSM project, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
20.1km (12.5 miles) ⓘSulphurets deposits, KSM project, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘSnowfield Au-Cu deposit, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
25.9km (16.1 miles) ⓘBrucejack Gold Mine, Sulphurets District, Iskut River, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
34.7km (21.6 miles) ⓘJohnny Mountain mine (Stonehouse deposit), Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
36.8km (22.9 miles) ⓘSnip Mine, Iskut River, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
42.5km (26.4 miles) ⓘBurgundy prospect, Newmont Lake district, Liard Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘEast Gold Deposit, Stewart Area, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘBetty Claim Group, Divide Lake, Skeena Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
References
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
Childe, Fiona (1996) U-Pb geochronology and Nd and Pb isotope characteristics of the Au-Ag-rich Eskay Creek volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, British Columbia. Economic Geology, 91 (7) 1209-1224 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.91.7.1209
Grammatikopoulos, Tassos A., Roth, Tina, Valeyev, Oleg (2005) Compositional variation in Hg–Ag-rich tetrahedrite from the polymetallic Eskay Creek deposit, British Columbia, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 181 (3) 281-292 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2005/0025
Grammatikopoulos, Tassos A.; Valeyev, Oleg; Roth, Tina (2006) Compositional variation in Hg-bearing sphalerite from the polymetallic Eskay Creek deposit, British Columbia, Canada. Chemie der Erde, 66 (4). 307-314 doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2005.11.003
(n.d.) Minfile, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.104B 008
 
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