Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Chopaka, Nighthawk District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17124
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17124.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Chopaka, Nighthawk District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chopaka Claim
Ruby Mine (Pyrargyrite Mine)

Latitude: 48°56'7"N
Longitude: 119°41'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.935277777778,-119.69416666667

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	285056	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	285056	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	285056	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	285056	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	285056	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	285055	3902
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	285056	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	285056	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	285056	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	285055	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	285056	12537
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	285056	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	285056	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	285056	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	285056	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	0		390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	285056	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	285056	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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