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Locality Name:
Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 22306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Mountain
Chesaw
Copper Queen Claim
Gluocester Claim
Monterey Claim
Myer Creek
Nip And Tuck Claim
Number Nine Claim
Yakima Mine

Latitude: 48°57'19"N
Longitude: 119°1'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.955277777778,-119.03055555556

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTitaniteVivianite
Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22285028,2850473419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12850308803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312850301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4285030,285034,285035,2850399052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212850355509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12850301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312850301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412850395516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6285028,285030,285035,285039,285040,28504727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214285024,285027,285028,285030,285032,285034,285035,285039,285040,285042,285044,285046,285047,28504827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1285030966
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62285030,2850474135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8285025,285027,285028,285030,285032,285042,285044,2850478173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1285030814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6285034,285035,285037,285038,285044,28504824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9285027,285030,285035,285037,285038,285039,285040,285041,28504530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32285027,2850301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61285030741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31285030104
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49285024,285025,285027,285028,285030,285032,285042,285044,28504714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22285024,28503212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23285030,285038,2850395674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128504417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217285024,285025,285027,285028,285030,285032,285034,285035,285037,285038,285039,285040,285042,285044,285046,285047,28504839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86285024,285025,285027,285030,285037,2850429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210285027,285028,285030,285035,285037,285038,285039,285040,285042,28504761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212850305614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3285027,285028,2850424894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4285034,285035,285037,28504821482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12850284899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22285030,2850472562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312850301247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12850301025



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