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Locality Name:
Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 22047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Doris Claim (Blackman Claim; Brown Claim)
Hall Peak
Lake Chaplain
Monte Cristo
Mount Stickney
Mountain Cedar Prospect
Sheep Gap Mountain
Sultan
Sultan Basin
Sultan Canyon
Vesper Peak
Wallace Lake

Latitude: 47°57'19"N
Longitude: 121°35'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.955277777778,-121.59722222222

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*
Bílinite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pekoite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	285845	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	28	28	6	285836,285850,285853,285855,285856,285860	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	285855	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	285857	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28	28	3	285856,285860,285862	11547
Bílinite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	285839	16
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			2	285853,285860	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28	28	4	285835,285838,285856,285860	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	285834,285835,285838,285853,285854,285855	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28	28	14	285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285841,285842,285844,285850,285853,285855,285856,285860,285862	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	285834	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	285860	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	285854,285855	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	285853	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	285855	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28	28	4	285854,285855,285856,285860	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	28	28	6	285834,285844,285850,285853,285856,285860	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	285832,285845,285847,285848,285849,285853	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	28	28	3	285855,285856,285857	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	285854,285855	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	285834,285836	14640
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S			1	285860	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	28	28	2	285856,285860	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	285855	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	285834,285836	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	285835,285838	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	285836,285838,285839	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	28	28	6	285835,285836,285838,285855,285856,285860	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	285855	1508
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	285839	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	3	285856,285858,285860	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	285860	2349
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈			1	285860	39
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			3	285835,285839,285844	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	285835,285838	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	285855,285857	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	28	10	285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285839,285853,285856,285860,285862	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	28	28	8	285834,285836,285838,285850,285853,285855,285856,285860	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	28	11	285828,285834,285835,285836,285838,285850,285853,285855,285856,285857,285860	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	28	28	6	285828,285834,285835,285838,285856,285860	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	285853	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	28	28	9	285828,285834,285835,285836,285850,285853,285856,285860,285862	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	285839	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	285850,285853	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	285841	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	285854,285855	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	285854,285855	1395
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	285860	64
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	285855	1247

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00055	28	28	28									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite	Cu	18270	Bren-Mac Mine (Sunrise Mine), Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA	Sunrise	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070136	Vesper Peak, Sultan Basin, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R070136

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