Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loon Lake Area, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 19300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loon Lake Area, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Deer Lake
Loon Lake Bluebird Mine
Loon Lake Granite
Valley

Latitude: 48°7'46"N
Longitude: 117°35'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.129444444444,-117.59277777778

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.

Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Sb Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	286071	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	286068,286071	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	286071	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	286068,286071	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	286068,286071	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	286068,286071	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	286068,286071	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	286071	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	286067	469
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	286068,286071	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	286067	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	286069	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	286067,286068,286071	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	286067,286068,286071	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	286071	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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