Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Swauk District, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 47
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45

mindat Locality ID: 22363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swauk District, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Liberty
Swauk Pass
Swauk Prairie

Latitude: 47°16'36"N
Longitude: 120°38'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.276666666667,-120.64194444444

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Mica	Mordenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Mica Mordenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	284668	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	284666,284667,284669,284671,284672,284673,284676,284677	27770
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O			1	284669	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	284664	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	284677	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	47	45	15	284664,284665,284666,284667,284670,284671,284672,284673,284674,284675,284676,284678,284679,284682,284683	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	284672	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	284677	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	284669	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	284664	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	284664,284670,284672,284673,284677	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			13	284664,284666,284667,284668,284669,284670,284671,284672,284673,284674,284676,284677,284679	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	284672,284677	6417

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
	NAVDAT-9005	47	45	46±1					9005						16245	Swauk Creek Placers, Swauk Prairie, Swauk District, Kittitas Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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