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Locality Name:
Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 160

mindat Locality ID: 20011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bear Creek
Blewett Township Ore Bin
Camas Land
Cook Mine
Culver Gulch
Donahue Mine
Fraction Mine
Garnierite Claim
Gold Bond Mine
Golden Eagle Mine
La Rica Mine
Lucky Queen Mine
Manistee Mine
Olden Mine (Eastern Star Claim)
Peshastin Creek
Prospect Group
Ruby Creek
Scotty Creek
Tip Top Mine

Latitude: 47°25'24"N
Longitude: 120°39'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.423333333333,-120.6625

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Stibnite Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	22	283480,283484,283485,283486,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283514,283518,283525,283536	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31	283484,283486,283487,283488,283490,283491,283492,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283517,283518,283519,283520,283525,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530,283536	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	283485,283486,283487,283488,283490,283496,283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283514,283518,283525,283536	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	10	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283536	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	9	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	11	283483,283485,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	31	283480,283482,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283499,283501,283502,283503,283504,283505,283507,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283516,283517,283518,283519,283520,283523,283524,283525,283533,283535,283536	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283536	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	11	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283515,283518,283525,283535,283536	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	283495	397
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	22	283484,283485,283486,283487,283488,283490,283492,283495,283496,283498,283499,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283517,283518,283525,283536	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	283484,283486,283487,283488,283490,283491,283492,283495,283496,283497,283498,283499,283500,283501,283502,283503,283505,283508,283509,283510,283511,283512,283514,283517,283518,283525,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530,283535,283536	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	10	283499,283503,283505,283508,283509,283511,283512,283518,283525,283536	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	16	283484,283491,283492,283496,283497,283498,283499,283502,283508,283510,283517,283526,283527,283528,283529,283530	3337

2 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
	NAVDAT-90815	162	160	161±1					90815						52701	Gem Claim, Culver Gulch, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-90807	162	160	161±1					90807						53529	Garnierite Claim, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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