Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meadow Creek District, Lake Chelan, Chelan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 15889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadow Creek District, Lake Chelan, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Canada Claim
Cascade Creek
Emma Lee Claim
Gem Claim
Little Jap Claim
Meadow Creek
Meadow Creek Strike Claim
Nebraska Claim
Round Lake
Sunday Morning Claim

Latitude: 48°10'0"N
Longitude: 120°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.166666666667,-120.5

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Mg O Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	283689,283692,283693,283696,283701	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	283680,283683,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,283701	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	0		126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	283678,283683,283699,283702	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	283680	5591
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	4	283681,283682,283686,283702	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	283682,283683,283686,283689,283696,283697,283698,283702	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	283680,283682,283686,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,283701	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	283681,283682,283686,283689,283698,283701,283702	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	283689,283696	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	0		586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	283681	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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