Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Vernon, Skagit Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mount Vernon Mine (Devils Mountain Mine; Pacific Mine)
Stephens Mine
Walker Valley

Latitude: 48°23'39"N
Longitude: 122°12'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.394166666667,-122.21305555556

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	285487	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	285488	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	285487,285489	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	285487	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	285487	951
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	285489	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	285487	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	285489	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	285487	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	285489	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	285489	144
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	285488	154
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	285487	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	285487	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	285487	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	285487,285489	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	285487,285489	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	285489	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	285488	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	285489	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	285488	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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