Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mazama, Mazama District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 90
Youngest recorded age at locality: 87

mindat Locality ID: 15285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mazama, Mazama District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
American Flag Mine (Oriental And Central Mine)
Climax Claim
Driveway Butte
Early Winters Spires
Goat Creek
Gold Key Mine
Mazama Mine (Lesley Mine)
Mazama Pride Mine
Monument Peak

Latitude: 48°36'8"N
Longitude: 120°23'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.602222222222,-120.38944444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

25 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	90	87	1	285005	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	90	87	1	285005	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	90	87	4	284995,285004,285005,285006	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	90	87	2	285001,285005	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	90	87	2	285001,285005	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	284995,284996,285002,285003,285004	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	90	87	7	284995,284996,285001,285002,285003,285004,285005	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	90	87	1	285005	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	90	87	1	285005	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	90	87	1	285005	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	90	87	1	285005	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	285008	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	90	87	2	285002,285005	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	90	87	1	285005	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	285001	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	90	87	1	285005	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	90	87	1	285005	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	90	87	1	285005	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	90	87	2	285001,285005	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	90	87	1	285005	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	90	87	2	284995,285005	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	90	87	7	284995,284996,285001,285002,285003,285004,285005	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	284995,284996,284997,285001,285002,285003,285004,285008	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	285006	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	284995,284996	21482

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-00064	90	87	90–87									Actinolite, Anhydrite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite	Cu	22204	Mazama Mine (Lesley Mine), Mazama, Mazama District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA	Mazama	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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