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Locality Name:
Lincoln Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lincoln Co., Washington, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts
Fort Spokane
Keller Ferry
Mondovi
Olsen Canyon
Pitney Butte

Latitude: 47°53'14"N
Longitude: 118°20'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.887222222222,-118.34388888889
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 Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTalc

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212847443419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22284741,28474427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212847449895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212847419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128474424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3284747,284748,28475430554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128475112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212847415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128474117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12847492994
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312847561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22284741,28474439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812847449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23284741,284751,28475661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12847565186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2284741,28475621482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212847503337
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12847411059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212847442562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212847412718


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