Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
King Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 17530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Co., Washington, USA": 195
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 130

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Annie Claim
Bandera
Baring
Beckler River
Black Diamond
Buena Vista District
Cedar River District
Denny Mountain
Dog Mountain
Duvall
Eagle Creek
Enumclaw
Foss River Claim
Foss River District
Franklin
Gold Creek
Goldmyer Hot Springs
Green Ridge
Grotto
High Point
Issaquah
Lake Desire
Lennox Creek
Lowe Creek
Miller River
Miller River & Money Creek Districts
Miller River District
Money Creek
Money Creek District
Noble Knob
North Bend
North Fork Of The Snoqualmie River
Palmer
Preston
Quartz Creek
Renton
Scenic
Seattle Area
Skykomish
Snoqualmie & Burns Districts
Snoqualmie District
Sunday Creek
Taylor River & Snoqualmie Districts
Tolt River

Latitude: 47°33'24"N
Longitude: 121°38'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.556666666667,-121.64

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite
Autunite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Brannerite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Danburite	Diaspore
Digenite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Lillianite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zinkenite

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite
Autunite Axinite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Brannerite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Danburite Diaspore
Digenite Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Lillianite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Prehnite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Stilbite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zinkenite

107 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Armenite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Danburite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pennantite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramdohrite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Schultenite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Uchucchacuaite ()*
Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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			1	284407	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			5	284392,284434,284515,284520,284570	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	284391,284504,284518	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	284529	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	284518,284575	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			4	284515,284516,284553,284570	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	284513	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	25	25	6	284439,284442,284462,284495,284525,284560	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	284435,284582	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	284439	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	284522	295
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O			1	284502	23
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	284535	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	284465	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	25	25	15	284441,284462,284465,284477,284481,284482,284495,284505,284508,284509,284513,284542,284560,284566,284582	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	284513	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	284526	1272
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	284516	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	25	18	2	284531,284560	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	25	25	6	284437,284439,284442,284443,284445,284560	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	284513	413
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			3	284534,284536,284537	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	18	18	8	284395,284407,284423,284462,284470,284531,284567,284582	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	284482	1089
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	284582	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	18	18	1	284531	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	284518	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			20	284410,284412,284416,284420,284421,284430,284437,284439,284442,284443,284449,284451,284455,284465,284484,284495,284498,284518,284540,284544	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	284554	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	284513	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	284484	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	25	2	284481,284560	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	18	37	284389,284395,284404,284407,284408,284414,284423,284437,284439,284441,284442,284461,284462,284465,284469,284470,284477,284481,284482,284488,284493,284495,284511,284513,284514,284518,284520,284521,284531,284542,284560,284562,284563,284566,284567,284569,284582	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂			1	284495	162
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	284520	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	284429,284430	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			5	284434,284438,284518,284519,284520	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	284410	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	284470,284544	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	284546	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	25	25	3	284437,284442,284560	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25	25	2	284560,284582	4165
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	284516	148
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	18	18	1	284531	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	284392,284412,284553	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	284528	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			2	284514,284571	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	18	15	284412,284434,284436,284439,284442,284447,284457,284516,284518,284524,284527,284531,284560,284572,284574	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	284503	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	284518	2740
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			2	284481,284505	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	25	17	284437,284441,284442,284461,284465,284477,284481,284482,284486,284495,284505,284513,284560,284563,284566,284569,284572	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	18	18	8	284412,284442,284445,284503,284518,284520,284528,284531	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	18	13	284397,284442,284443,284456,284499,284520,284531,284532,284539,284548,284560,284565,284583	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	284550,284551,284552,284556	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			4	284410,284412,284516,284572	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	284399,284439,284452	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			8	284410,284412,284436,284447,284515,284516,284520,284528	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			4	284481,284482,284495,284505	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	284481,284484,284534,284536,284537	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			3	284421,284451,284540	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	284520	581
Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Tourmaline	(Na, )(Fe²⁺,Mg)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄			1	284503	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	18	18	7	284486,284515,284531,284553,284570,284572,284574	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	18	8	284412,284442,284461,284488,284514,284531,284553,284560	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	284544	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	284430	255
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	284512,284526	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	284513	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	25	18	10	284414,284434,284439,284441,284505,284511,284527,284531,284560,284582	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			2	284416,284540	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	18	15	284434,284435,284438,284439,284444,284481,284484,284503,284513,284531,284534,284536,284537,284547,284560	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	284574	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	284410	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	284535	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	284514,284518,284579	2349
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄			1	284535	57
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈			2	284577,284582	25
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	284518	260
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	284511	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	25	2	284560,284574	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	18	43	284389,284407,284410,284414,284434,284435,284437,284439,284441,284442,284443,284445,284454,284461,284462,284465,284469,284470,284477,284481,284482,284484,284492,284493,284495,284498,284503,284506,284509,284511,284518,284520,284521,284528,284531,284544,284553,284560,284562,284566,284572,284575,284582	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	25	18	6	284404,284441,284525,284531,284560,284582	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	25	64	284391,284404,284407,284408,284410,284412,284421,284429,284430,284434,284435,284436,284437,284438,284439,284441,284442,284443,284445,284455,284457,284461,284462,284465,284477,284481,284482,284484,284495,284498,284501,284503,284504,284505,284506,284507,284509,284510,284512,284513,284514,284515,284516,284518,284519,284520,284521,284524,284526,284527,284528,284536,284540,284542,284544,284560,284566,284567,284570,284571,284574,284575,284577,284582	61156
Ramdohrite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_5.9Fe_0.1Mn_0.1In_0.1Cd_0.2Ag_2.8Sb_10.8S₂₄			1	284504	34
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			4	284400,284429,284430,284535	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	284505,284506	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	284455,284518,284520	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	18	18	6	284412,284437,284439,284511,284531,284582	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			4	284455,284518,284571,284574	2705
Schultenite ()*	None	Pb(AsO₃OH)			1	284513	30
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	284509,284513	1153
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃			1	284484	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	25	25	9	284434,284438,284441,284442,284513,284520,284536,284560,284566	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	284513	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	18	17	284437,284442,284461,284462,284465,284477,284481,284482,284486,284495,284505,284513,284525,284531,284560,284566,284572	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	284505	668
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			2	284503,284506	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			9	284429,284430,284484,284495,284498,284503,284505,284506,284520	3418
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	284540	15
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	284447	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	284582	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			8	284437,284442,284465,284481,284482,284495,284505,284566	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	284518,284574,284579	4899
Uchucchacuaite ()*	Lillianite	AgMnPb₃Sb₅S₁₂			1	284505	5
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	284484	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	284495	228

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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 DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00632	18	18	18									Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	209835	North Fork Cu Deposit, North Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, King Co., Washington, USA	North Fork Snoqualmie River	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00062	25	25	25									Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cosalite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	21957	Condor-Hemlock Mine (Condor Mine; Hemlock Mine; Pegasus Claim; Green Crystal Claim), Snoqualmie Pass, Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie & Burns Districts, King Co., Washington, USA	Middle Fork	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110141	Pedro Claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R110141
R040031	Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge), Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R040031
R110132	Bald Hornet Claim (Blue Mountain Saddle), North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R110132
R070718	Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R070718
R070348	Bear Basin Mines, Bear Basin, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R070348
R110133	Crystal Palace Claim, North Bend, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R110133

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