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Locality Name:
Hyas Lake, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hyas Lake, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cle Elum Iron Deposit
Paddy-go-Easy Pass

Latitude: 47°32'41"N
Longitude: 121°3'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.544722222222,-121.05916666667

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 Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteGarnetLepidocrociteNoneOlivinePyroxene
SpinelTalcVesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21284632718
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)1284631195
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412846313902
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1284631481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612846324135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61284632944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12846328173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12846321188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312846321544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42284631,28463214899
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42284631,2846321934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212846323337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212846322562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012846321395



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