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Locality Name:
Read Mine (Read Iron Mine), Adams Mountain, Deer Trail District, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Read Mine (Read Iron Mine), Adams Mountain, Deer Trail District, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°6'23"N
Longitude: 118°7'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.106388888889,-118.1225
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: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetHumiteLudwigiteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzScheelite
SpinelWollastonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Humite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pennantite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F20285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2080
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8025
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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