Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Orient District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 21594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orient District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bossburg
Churchill Mountain
Heidegger Hill
Laurier
Marcus
Orient
Rockcut
Sand Creek

Latitude: 48°50'14"N
Longitude: 118°7'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.837222222222,-118.13222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Melanterite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Te U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Fluorite Melanterite Melonite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	286167,286173	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	286189	1272
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	286183	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	286170,286173,286183	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	286173	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	286171,286176,286177,286179,286182,286187	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	286183	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	286165,286166,286167,286169,286170,286171,286175,286176,286177,286179,286184,286187	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	286177	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	286173	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	286177	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	286171	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	286176	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	286170,286175,286177,286183,286187	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	286169,286171,286176,286187	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	286169,286171,286179	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	286167,286169,286179	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	286165	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	286165,286166,286167,286169,286170,286171,286173,286175,286176,286177,286179,286181,286182,286183,286184,286187	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	286165,286166,286167,286169,286179,286184	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	286167,286170,286171,286173,286175,286176,286177,286181,286182,286187	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	286189	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	286167,286169	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	286177	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	286170,286175,286176,286177,286183	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	286187	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	286170	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	286185,286189	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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