Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Inchelium, Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 20778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inchelium, Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Columbia River
Dan Patch Mine
Gwin Mine (Guinn Mine; Hall Creek Mine)

Latitude: 48°17'10"N
Longitude: 118°12'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.286111111111,-118.2025

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	Columbite	Copper	Enargite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Columbite Copper Enargite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	284070	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	284070	5509
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	284070	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	284069,284070	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	284068	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	284070	469
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	284070	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	284069,284070	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	284069,284070	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	284069	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	284070	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	284070	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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