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Locality Name:
Mineral Creek, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Creek, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Queen Claim
Little Kachess Lake Claim
Mineral Creek Mine (Durrwachter Mine; Liberty Lode Mine)

Latitude: 47°25'34"N
Longitude: 121°15'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.426111111111,-121.25916666667
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 As Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12846399052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42284639,2846405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23284638,284639,28464027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12846398173
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21284640286
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3128464014640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212846405800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23284638,284639,28464039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812846409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22284639,28464061156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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