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Locality Name:
North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bald Hornet Claim (Blue Mountain Saddle)
Bear Basin
Crater Lake
Crater Lake Canyon
Crystal Palace Claim
Devils Canyon Area
Fuller Mountain
Gifford Ridge
Granite Lakes
Green Mountain
Hansen Creek
Horseshoe Mine
Horseshoe Mountain
Illinois Basin
Leta Mine
Marten Creek
Mount Si
Mount Teneriffe
Sunday Lake

Latitude: 47°32'18"N
Longitude: 121°37'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.538333333333,-121.62222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteAxiniteBaryteBrookite
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDanburiteDiaspore
DumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetLepidocrociteLillianiteMalachiteMicaMilariteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Armenite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Danburite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Luinaite-(OH)  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Piemontite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Uchucchacuaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22284515,2845203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2284504,2845188803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312845292353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212845182162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32284515,2845161534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12845132734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)212845253092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)21284522295
Armenite  (*)MilariteBaCa2(Al6Si9)O30·2H2O023
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4284505,284508,284509,2845139052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61284513919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12845261272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21284516260
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61284513413
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21284518700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128451827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12845134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26284511,284513,284514,284518,284520,28452127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12845203531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83284518,284519,2845201756
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81284516148
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1284528648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181284514231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4284516,284518,284524,2845278173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1284503551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12845182740
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121284505663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2284505,28451324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4284503,284518,284520,2845287437
Gold  (*)CopperAu128452030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312845161544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34284515,284516,284520,28452814640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141284505784
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1284520581
Luinaite-(OH)  (*)Tourmaline(Na,   )(Fe2+,Mg)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)412845039
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128451514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128451412537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2284512,2845264924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12845131107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23284505,284511,2845275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22284503,28451317380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2284514,2845182349
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1284518260
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1284511494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28284503,284506,284509,284511,284518,284520,284521,28452839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812845259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220284503,284504,284505,284506,284507,284509,284510,284512,284513,284514,284515,284516,284518,284519,284520,284521,284524,284526,284527,28452861156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S24128450434
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2284505,2845061711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22284518,2845205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12845114894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12845182705
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)128451330
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2284509,2845131153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2284513,2845206417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12845132473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3284505,284513,28452521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41284505668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2284503,284506446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34284503,284505,284506,2845203418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312845055317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12845184899
Uchucchacuaite  (*)LillianiteAgMnPb3Sb5S1212845055



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110132Bald Hornet Claim (Blue Mountain Saddle), North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110132
R070718Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070718
R070348Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070348
R110133Crystal Palace Claim, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110133


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