Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sappho, Clallam Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 22903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sappho, Clallam Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beaver Falls Claim
State Lease Prospect

Latitude: 48°4'12"N
Longitude: 124°16'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.07,-124.27916666667

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Gadolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 B C Ca Fe H Hg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Clay Gadolinite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Datolite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mercury ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	2	283923,283924	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	283923	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	283923	27770
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	283923	498
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	283924	350
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	283923	172
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	283923	1271
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	283924	397
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	283923	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	283923	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	283923	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	283924	1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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