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Locality Name:
Meadow Creek District, Lake Chelan, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 15889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadow Creek District, Lake Chelan, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Canada Claim
Cascade Creek
Emma Lee Claim
Gem Claim
Little Jap Claim
Meadow Creek
Meadow Creek Strike Claim
Nebraska Claim
Round Lake
Sunday Morning Claim

Latitude: 48°10'0"N
Longitude: 120°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.166666666667,-120.5

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Mg O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayKaoliniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5283689,283692,283693,283696,2837019052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29283680,283683,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,28370127198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S80126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4283678,283683,283699,28370224243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412836805591
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34283681,283682,283686,2837021425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28283682,283683,283686,283689,283696,283697,283698,28370239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810283680,283682,283686,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,2837019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27283681,283682,283686,283689,283698,283701,28370261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2283689,28369621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312836815317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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