Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Thurston Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thurston Co., Washington, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Black Hills
Bucoda
Littlerock
Olympia
Tenino
Unnamed Quarry

Latitude: 46°55'53"N
Longitude: 122°56'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.931388888889,-122.94222222222

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Thomsonite	Vivianite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Offretite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vivianite ()*

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chlorite Clay Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Thomsonite Vivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	286232,286234,286240	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	286230,286232,286234,286238,286239	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	286232	1756
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	286238	84
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	286232	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	5	286230,286232,286234,286240,286244	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	3	286230,286232,286238	405
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	286230	146
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	286232	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	286234	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	286230,286232	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	286230	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	286242	6417
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	286232,286240	452
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	286242	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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