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Locality Name:
Slate Creek District, Whatcom Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 19433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Creek District, Whatcom Co., Washington, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Azurite Peak
Barron Peak
Cascade Summit
Harts Pass
Majestic Mountain
North Cascades National Park
Pasayten Peak
Shull Mountain
Slate Creek
Slate Peak

Latitude: 48°44'41"N
Longitude: 120°47'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.744722222222,-120.78472222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMalachiteMeloniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTalc

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12863422793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12863422734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6286341,286342,286347,286348,286349,2863509052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412863325516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe23286339,286349,286352361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4286339,286341,286342,28634827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25286335,286339,286341,286342,28635727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8286339,286341,286342,286347,286348,286349,286350,28635224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13286332,286333,286335,286339,286341,286345,286347,286349,286350,286352,286353,286355,28635730554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23286333,286335,28634912537
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1286339485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210286332,286339,286341,286342,286347,286348,286349,286350,286352,28635739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82286341,2863429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212286332,286333,286335,286339,286341,286347,286348,286349,286350,286352,286355,28635761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2286333,2863355186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7286341,286342,286347,286348,286349,286350,28635221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312863423418
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe41286339337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212863423337


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