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Locality Name:
Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie District, King Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie District, King Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dutch Miller Claims
Middle Fork Claim

Latitude: 47°33'31"N
Longitude: 121°14'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.558611111111,-121.23861111111

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: As Au C Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12845669052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412845675516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22284566,28456727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128456624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128456639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22284566,28456761156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12845666417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128456621482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312845665317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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