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Locality Name:
Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°38'21"N
Longitude: 121°29'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.639166666667,-121.48611111111
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 As C Cu Fe Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cu Fe Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteLillianiteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibnite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uchucchacuaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S120663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Uchucchacuaite  (*)LillianiteAgMnPb3Sb5S1205


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070718Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070718
R070348Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070348

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