Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 160

mindat Locality ID: 135307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boulder Creek
Boulder Creek Mine (Burke Mine)
Camp Creek
Dolphin Mine (Bonanza Mine)
Drew Creek
Huckleberry Mountain

Latitude: 47°26'47"N
Longitude: 121°'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.446388888889,-121.01

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.

Chalcopyrite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: Co Cr Cu Fe O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	162	160	3	284645,284646,284650	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	160	160	2	284643,284648	3902
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	160	160	1	284648	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	284645	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	162	160	1	284646	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	284645	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	162	160	3	284645,284646,284650	61156

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
podchrome-00474	160	160	Middle Jurassic (155±10 Ma 207Pb/206Pb to 164±10 Ma 206Pb/238U in gabbro)		Cr	22050	Boulder Creek Mine (Burke Mine), Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA	Boulder Creek	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157
NAVDAT-90812	162	160	161±1	90812		22054	Dolphin Mine (Bonanza Mine), Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-90825	162	160	161±1	90825		22054	Dolphin Mine (Bonanza Mine), Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-90834	162	160	161±1	90834		22054	Dolphin Mine (Bonanza Mine), Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
podchrome-00475	160	160	Middle Jurassic (155±10 Ma 207Pb/206Pb to 164±10 Ma 206Pb/238U in gabbro)		Cr	17669	Mount Hawkins Mine (Crowe Mine; Gallagher Head Mine; Skipper Mine), Drew Creek, Mount Hawkins, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA	Mount Hawkins	Moiser et al. (2012)	USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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