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Locality Name:
Moses Mountain, Nespelem District (Moses District), Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moses Mountain, Nespelem District (Moses District), Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Stepstone Creek

Latitude: 48°19'8"N
Longitude: 118°57'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.318888888889,-118.96166666667
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 C Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteClayMicaNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzSerpentine
SpinelVivianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2284851,284852445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42284850,284852708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128485127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42284851,2848523902
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1284852814
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22284851,28485217380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812848521512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22284851,28485239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812848529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23284850,284851,28485261156
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O128485256


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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