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Locality Name:
Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 17652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 123
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 94

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Aladdin Mountain
Bead Lake
Blueslide
Boundary Mountain
Box Canyon
Browns Lake
Granite Mountain
Ione
Lost Lake
Metaline
Metaline District
Newport District
Ruby
Usk

Latitude: 48°34'6"N
Longitude: 117°17'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.568333333333,-117.28944444444

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite
Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite
Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	285240	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			4	285233,285254,285257,285304	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			3	285267,285270,285282	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	285270	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	285236,285316,285317	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			7	285241,285250,285347,285352,285353,285354,285355	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	285255,285296,285332	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			9	285235,285270,285281,285284,285305,285306,285307,285324,285343	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			10	285239,285248,285250,285347,285350,285351,285352,285353,285354,285355	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	285296,285319,285334	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	24	285235,285236,285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285283,285286,285288,285289,285291,285296,285297,285300,285302,285303,285314,285316	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	285238	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	444	10	285255,285267,285270,285272,285285,285286,285289,285296,285300,285303	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	285255,285287,285319	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			18	285235,285236,285245,285269,285270,285287,285296,285297,285314,285316,285317,285319,285322,285324,285328,285332,285334,285335	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	285255	1382
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	285240	285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			2	285350,285351	321
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	285288	236
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	285237	1008
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	285307	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	285245,285288,285295	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	444	17	285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285289,285296,285303,285309	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	285240	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	444	29	285235,285236,285255,285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285286,285287,285289,285295,285296,285297,285299,285300,285301,285303,285309,285335	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	285295	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	285265,285271,285298,285308,285312	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			3	285267,285270,285274	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	285240	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	285270,285297,285301	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	285267,285296,285301	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	285290	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	285255,285275,285283,285287,285296,285334	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			4	285267,285270,285285,285303	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O			2	285241,285250	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	285240,285350	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	285311	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	285236,285247,285248,285296,285350	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	541	444	11	285267,285270,285272,285284,285285,285286,285301,285302,285303,285305,285306	306
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	285332	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	444	21	285236,285261,285266,285267,285269,285270,285272,285283,285285,285295,285296,285297,285299,285303,285309,285311,285314,285319,285324,285334,285335	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	285295	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	444	48	285235,285236,285240,285247,285248,285264,285267,285268,285270,285272,285274,285276,285277,285278,285281,285282,285283,285285,285290,285295,285296,285303,285311,285314,285316,285317,285319,285320,285322,285324,285326,285327,285328,285329,285330,285334,285335,285338,285339,285340,285344,285345,285350,285351,285352,285353,285354,285355	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	285324	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	285247	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			6	285235,285236,285285,285286,285287,285300	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	285257	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	444	14	285267,285269,285270,285272,285274,285281,285282,285285,285286,285289,285291,285296,285300,285303	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	444	25	285235,285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285286,285289,285295,285296,285299,285300,285301,285303,285309,285314	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	285337,285344	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	285297	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	1	285272	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	285270,285287	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	285255,285270,285295,285296	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	285243	452
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	285250	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	285250	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	285240	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	285295	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	285295	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	285247,285347,285350	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	285288	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	285252	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	285289	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	285250	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	285350	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	285302	1025

1 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
	sedexmvt-00231	541	444	Cambro-Ordovician		host rock age									25297	Yellowhead Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA	Pend Oreille-Yellowhead	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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