Taylor Tungsten prospect, Snowshoe Plateau Area, Cariboo Mining Division, British Columbia, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Taylor Tungsten prospect | Prospect |
| Snowshoe Plateau Area | - not defined - |
| Cariboo Mining Division | Division |
| British Columbia | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
52° 52' 23'' North , 121° 26' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Mindat Locality ID:
425093
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:425093:0
GUID (UUID V4):
fd795df3-1c12-4e35-9dc4-0c03c33bdd6b
The Taylor Tungsten prospect is located on the Snowshoe Plateau, about 22 kilometres south of Barkerville, British Columbia. Note that Stevenson (1941) is mistaken in saying that the occurrence is “. . . thirty miles south-westerly from the town of Wells”; Barkerville is very close to Wells.
There is a description of the geological setting and work history for this property on the British Columbia “Minfile” site, current to 2009. A brief portion of this description is quoted below:
“The Taylor Tungsten showing is at 1798 metres elevation on ground sloping gently westward into the head of McMartin Creek. The quartz-scheelite vein occupies a fault zone crosscutting quartzite, and strikes 120 degrees dipping 75 degrees to the southwest. The vein cuts fissile quartzites and sericite schists that strike 165 degrees and dip 50 degrees southwestward.”
Giles Peatfield comments:
The Taylor Tungsten occurrence is interesting for the presence of tungstite and stolzite, derived by alteration of scheelite. Both minerals are uncommon in British Columbia. See also Traill (1983) for detailed excerpts from Stevenson (1941).
The Pacific Museum of Earth at the University of British Columbia does not have any specimens listed from this occurrence.
Giles Peatfield
BASc. (Geological Engineering) University of British Columbia 1966.
PhD Queen's University at Kingston 1978.
Worked for Texas Gulf Sulphur / Texasgulf Inc. / Kidd Creek Mines - 1966 to 1985.
Vancouver based consultant 1982 to retirement in 2016.
Presently totally retired and happily living in Courtenay, B.C. (Vancouver Island) - preparing postings for Mindat, mostly on B.C. deposits / occurrences.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ⓘ Marcasite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) References: |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS References: |
| ⓘ Stolzite Formula: Pb(WO4) References: |
| ⓘ Tungstite Formula: WO3 · H2O References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Tungstite | 4.FJ.10 | WO3 · H2O |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| ⓘ | Stolzite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Marcasite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| W | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
| W | ⓘ Tungstite | WO3 · H2O |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Stolzite | Pb(WO4) |
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| Link to British Columbia Minfile: | 093A 102 |
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