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Locality Name:
Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 188792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Miners Ridge
Plummer Mountain

Latitude: 48°11'49"N
Longitude: 120°58'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.196944444444,-120.97888888889

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite
Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Enargite
Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	21	21	1	285665	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	21	21	1	285665	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	21	21	1	285665	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	21	21	1	285665	1966
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	21	21	1	285665	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	21	21	1	285665	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	21	21	1	285665	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	21	21	1	285665	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	21	21	1	285665	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	21	21	1	285665	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	21	21	1	285665	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	21	1	285665	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	21	21	1	285665	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	21	21	1	285665	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21	21	1	285665	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	21	21	1	285665	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	21	21	1	285665	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	21	21	1	285665	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21	21	1	285665	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	21	1	285665	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	21	21	1	285665	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	21	1	285665	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	21	21	1	285665	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	21	21	1	285665	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	21	21	1	285665	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21	21	1	285665	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	21	21	1	285665	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	21	21	1	285665	1803

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
	PorphCu-00054	21	21	21									Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite	Cu	17816	Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA	Glacier Peak	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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