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Locality Name:
North Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, King Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 18
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 209834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, King Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
North Fork Cu Deposit
Placer Deposits

Latitude: 47°40'38"N
Longitude: 121°38'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.677222222222,-121.63638888889

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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2181812845315509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4181812845315516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6181812845311633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21818128453127198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S181812845311027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)181812845318173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)181812845317437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18182284531,28453230554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41818128453114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21818128453112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2181812845315800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21818128453117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21818128453139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8181812845319056
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)181812845314894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1818128453121482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00632181818      Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Epidote, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, SphaleriteCu209835North Fork Cu Deposit, North Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, King Co., Washington, USANorth Fork Snoqualmie RiverSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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