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Locality Name:
Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16.2

mindat Locality ID: 28222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Backbone Ridge
Carbon River (Upthascap River)
Mazama Ridge
Osceola Mudflow
Plummer Peak
Pyramid Peak
Spray Park
West Side Debris Flows
White River (S'kamish River; Stuck River)

Latitude: 46°49'4"N
Longitude: 121°44'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.817777777778,-121.74694444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Ammoniojarosite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dickite ()*
Epidote ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Silhydrite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Wairakite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K N Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cl F Fe H N Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum Cristobalite
Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Titanite Tridymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	285387,285391	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	19.8	16.2	0		272
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19.8	16.2	0		30
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	285391	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	19.8	16.2	0		11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	285389,285393	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	285387	382
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	19.8	16.2	0		310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	19.8	16.2	0		453
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	19.8	16.2	0		651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	19.8	16.2	1	285386	8173
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	19.8	16.2	0		66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	19.8	16.2	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	285387,285391	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	19.8	16.2	0		1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	285389	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	285387,285391	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	285387,285391	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	19.8	16.2	0		229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19.8	16.2	1	285386	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	285389	12537
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19.8	16.2	0		128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19.8	16.2	0		254
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	19.8	16.2	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19.8	16.2	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19.8	16.2	3	285388,285389,285390	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	19.8	16.2	0		105
Silhydrite ()*	None	Si₃O₆·H₂O			1	285391	6
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	19.8	16.2	1	285386	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	19.8	16.2	0		458
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	19.8	16.2	0		73
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	19.8	16.2	0		86

11 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-60037	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	60037	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-60038	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	60038	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9275	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9275	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9286	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9286	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9293	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9293	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9295	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9295	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9296	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9296	15281	Mazama Ridge, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9288	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9288	15770	Plummer Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9298	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9298	15770	Plummer Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9310	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9310	15770	Plummer Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-9313	19.8	16.2	18±1.8	9313	15770	Plummer Peak, Mount Rainier National Park, Pierce Co., Washington, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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