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Locality Name:
Chelan Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16

mindat Locality ID: 17514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 383
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 284

Number of Child Localities: 54
Child Localities:
Blewett District (Peshastin District)
Bonanza King Mine
Burch Mountain
Chelan
Chelan Butte District
Chelan Falls
Chiwawa District
Chumstick Mountain
Dryden
Entiat District
Entiat Mts
Entiat River
Fall Creek
Falls Creek
First Creek Ridge
Fish Creek
Flat Creek
Gaynore
Gold Ridge
Goman
Horseshoe Basin District
Icicle Creek
Ingalls Creek
Lake Chelan
Lake Creek
Lake Wenatchee
Lake Wenatchee (Wenache Lake; Wenatche Lake; Wenatchee Lake)
Lakeside
Leavenworth District
Mad River
Meadow Creek District
Meritt Claim (Smith Claim)
Merritt
Mill Creek
Moniter
Mount Rock
Mount Stuart
Nason Ridge
Orando
Oval Peak Batholith
Park Creek Pass
Poe Mountain
Potato Creek
Railroad Creek
Railroad Creek District
Rainy Pass
Roaring Creek (Raging Creek)
Safty Harbor Creek
Shaser Creek
Stehekin District
Trout Lake
Tumwater Canyon
Wenatchee District
Wenatchee Mts

Latitude: 47°48'45"N
Longitude: 120°37'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.8125,-120.61972222222

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Beryl	Bournonite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite	Xanthoconite

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Se Si Te Ti U W Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Beryl Bournonite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Staurolite Stibnite Talc
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wollastonite Xanthoconite

95 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Beryl ()*
Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Empressite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Mercury ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Microcline ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pennantite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Petrovskaite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	283834,283835	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	283710,283714,283715	3419
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS			2	283834,283835	87
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	283723	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	283713,283723	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	283742	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	220	220	1	283765	1588
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			5	283608,283712,283739,283747,283822	718
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	283834	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	283834	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	220	220	47	283480,283484,283485,283486,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283514,283518,283525,283536,283563,283601,283602,283604,283605,283607,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283689,283692,283693,283696,283701,283765,283786,283800,283801,283805,283834,283835,283846,283854	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			1	283834	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	283834	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄			1	283854	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	283708,283723	4286
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)			1	283834	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	283735,283847	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	283834	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	220	220	1	283765	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	283834	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	220	220	39	283484,283486,283487,283488,283490,283491,283492,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283517,283518,283519,283520,283525,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530,283536,283538,283563,283575,283601,283607,283765,283834,283835	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	1	283765	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	220	16	57	283485,283486,283487,283488,283490,283496,283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283514,283518,283525,283536,283554,283563,283600,283602,283604,283607,283622,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283658,283660,283662,283680,283683,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,283701,283735,283753,283763,283765,283776,283795,283800,283801,283803,283805,283806,283811,283834,283835,283847,283854	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			14	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283536,283538,283556,283557,283563	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	283601	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	283822	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	192.4	188.8	20	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536,283538,283563,283565,283574,283627,283669,283671,283750,283832,283834,283850	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	283714,283715	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	283723	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	14	283483,283485,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536,283563,283600,283765	3846
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			2	283675,283834	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	220	220	1	283765	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	283675	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	220	220	1	283765	160
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe			1	283834	43
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	283738	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	283723	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	283834	163
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂			1	283834	24
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	283673	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	283834	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	220	16	52	283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536,283563,283607,283649,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283658,283660,283661,283662,283678,283683,283699,283702,283728,283729,283730,283753,283763,283765,283782,283784,283786,283788,283791,283799,283800,283801,283803,283805,283806,283807,283809,283811,283817,283818,283819,283834,283835,283854	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	283713	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	220	16	64	283475,283480,283482,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283499,283501,283502,283503,283504,283505,283507,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283516,283517,283518,283519,283520,283523,283524,283525,283533,283535,283536,283542,283544,283546,283547,283552,283557,283563,283567,283569,283572,283575,283577,283583,283584,283594,283610,283614,283617,283620,283630,283670,283718,283726,283732,283765,283767,283780,283821,283828,283834,283835,283836	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	283713,283748,283757,283758	2812
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS			1	283854	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	220	220	2	283765,283831	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283536,283556,283563	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			2	283834,283835	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	283627,283637	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	283680	5591
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈			2	283580,283834	111
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	220	16	4	283607,283674,283742,283762	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	220	220	14	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283535,283536,283556,283563,283765	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	14	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536,283563,283601,283622,283765,283847	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	283834,283835	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	220	16	0		176
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	283495	397
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	283834	300
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	283772	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	283854	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	220	16	7	283601,283602,283736,283763,283765,283776,283852	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	23	16	1	283763	140
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	283622	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	220	220	9	283607,283646,283647,283713,283765,283823,283834,283835,283840	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			2	283834,283835	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	283834	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	283834	249
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈			2	283607,283723	25
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	283622	1512
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS			1	283834	9
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	283834	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	220	220	1	283765	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	283557,283732	485
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	283834	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			8	283681,283682,283686,283702,283770,283771,283834,283835	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	220	16	72	283484,283485,283486,283487,283488,283490,283492,283495,283496,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283517,283518,283525,283536,283542,283554,283563,283597,283601,283602,283604,283607,283616,283622,283639,283649,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283661,283662,283682,283683,283686,283689,283696,283697,283698,283702,283704,283735,283736,283753,283763,283765,283770,283771,283784,283786,283791,283793,283795,283796,283799,283800,283801,283803,283807,283811,283834,283835,283847	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	283825	3106
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃			1	283834	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	220	220	24	283601,283607,283622,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283680,283682,283686,283688,283692,283693,283696,283697,283698,283701,283735,283736,283753,283765,283784,283847	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	16	90	283484,283486,283487,283488,283490,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283498,283499,283500,283501,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283517,283518,283525,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530,283535,283536,283540,283542,283545,283553,283554,283563,283564,283565,283566,283581,283601,283602,283603,283607,283616,283617,283622,283660,283661,283662,283669,283671,283681,283682,283686,283689,283698,283701,283702,283713,283723,283728,283729,283730,283735,283750,283755,283757,283763,283765,283768,283771,283774,283791,283792,283795,283800,283801,283803,283805,283806,283826,283834,283835,283840,283847,283854	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	220	220	5	283540,283601,283602,283607,283765	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	283607	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	283835	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	283627,283639,283834	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	220	16	23	283607,283649,283652,283653,283654,283655,283656,283660,283661,283662,283689,283696,283753,283763,283765,283784,283786,283791,283800,283801,283834,283835,283854	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			2	283722,283742	978
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	283675	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			14	283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536,283704,283834,283835,283854	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			1	283834	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			22	283475,283484,283491,283492,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283508,283510,283517,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530,283613,283710,283714,283715,283774	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			7	283542,283681,283728,283729,283730,283834,283844	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	283751	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			5	283601,283602,283724,283839,283840	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	220	220	1	283765	1247

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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 ID
NAVDAT-90815	162	160	161±1			90815				52701	Gem Claim, Culver Gulch, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-90807	162	160	161±1			90807				53529	Garnierite Claim, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
Mo-00116	23	16		?-?				Molybdenite, Molybdite	Mo	8887	Crown Point Mine (Aurelia Crown Mine; Crown Power Mine), Railroad Creek, Railroad Creek District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA	Crown Point Mine	Derkey et al. (1990)	WDGER_OFR_90-18
vms-01079	220	220	Upper Triassic						S	15531	Holden Mine (Howe Sound Mine; Irene Mine), Holden Village, Railroad Creek, Railroad Creek District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA	Holden	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1034
NAVDAT-90804	192.4	188.8	192.1+0.3/-3.3		zircon	90804	Zircon			53432	King Creek Claim, King Creek, Wenatchee Mts, Chelan Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060124	Crown Point Mine (Aurelia Crown Mine; Crown Power Mine), Railroad Creek, Railroad Creek District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R060124

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