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Locality Name:
Belcher District, Ferry Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belcher District, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cooke Mountain
Hawkeye Claim

Latitude: 48°43'24"N
Longitude: 118°33'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.723333333333,-118.55333333333
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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMicaNickelineNone
OlivinePyriteQuartzSerpentineSpinelTalcVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenalite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128400627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24284003,284005,284006,28400727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12840058173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1284006371
Gold  (*)CopperAu128400630554
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4128400661
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44284003,284005,284006,28400714899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)2128400661
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22284003,28400617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24284003,284005,284006,28400739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84284003,284005,284006,2840079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128400661156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212840063337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212840052562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012840051395


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