Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 15036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
48-55 Mine (Garnet Mine; Vesper Peak Mine)
Bren-Mac Mine (Sunrise Mine)
Teenage Crush Claim

Latitude: 48°0'45"N
Longitude: 121°30'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.0125,-121.51

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	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

27 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	28	28	2	285855,285856	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	285855	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	285857	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28	28	1	285856	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28	28	1	285856	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	285855	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28	28	2	285855,285856	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	285855	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	285855	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28	28	2	285855,285856	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28	28	1	285856	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	28	28	3	285855,285856,285857	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	285855	741
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	28	28	1	285856	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	285855	1271
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	28	28	2	285855,285856	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	285855	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	1	285856	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	285855,285857	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	28	1	285856	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	28	28	2	285855,285856	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	28	3	285855,285856,285857	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	28	28	1	285856	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	28	28	1	285856	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	285855	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	285855	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	285855	1247

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00055	28	28	28									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	18270	Bren-Mac Mine (Sunrise Mine), Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA	Sunrise	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070136	Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R070136

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