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:
Whitman Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitman Co., Washington, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Albion
Colfax
Colton
Garfield
Moses (Clarkston)
Pullman
Whelan

Latitude: 46°45'4"N
Longitude: 117°10'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.751111111111,-117.18305555556

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Iron	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

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 Cr Fe H Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Iron None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Goethite ()*	Iron ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	286409	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	286405	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	286401	157
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	286406,286407	7437
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	286401	1089
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	286403,286406	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	286407,286409,286411	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	286407,286409	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	286405,286407	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	286401	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	286409	6417
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	286401	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	286401	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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