Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ready Cash Mine, Cypress Island, Skagit Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 167
Youngest recorded age at locality: 167

mindat Locality ID: 17674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17674.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ready Cash Mine, Cypress Island, Skagit Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°34'55"N
Longitude: 122°43'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.581944444444,-122.72111111111

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.

Chlorite	Clay	None	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 Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay None Spinel

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*

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
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	167	167	0		3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	167	167	0		1756

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
	podchrome-00486	167	167	Middle Jurassic (167±5 Ma U-Pb zircon)										Cr	17674	Ready Cash Mine, Cypress Island, Skagit Co., Washington, USA	Ready Cash	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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