Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marten Creek, Silverton District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 188800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marten Creek, Silverton District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cliff Claim
Hecla Claim
Silver Coin Claim

Latitude: 48°6'31"N
Longitude: 121°37'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.108611111111,-121.62555555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Padĕraite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	285799,285800,285801	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	285801	344
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	285801	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	285799,285800	5674
Padĕraite ()*	None	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	1	285801	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	285800,285801	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	285800,285801	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	285801	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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