Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colville District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 45.8

mindat Locality ID: 22911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colville District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aladdin
Aladdin Mountain
Flodelle Creek
Park Rapids

Latitude: 48°38'39"N
Longitude: 117°36'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.644166666667,-117.61638888889

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.

Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

13 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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	285972	1310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60	45.8	2	285966,285968	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	60	45.8	2	285966,285968	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	60	45.8	3	285966,285968,285971	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	285969	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60	45.8	1	285966	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60	45.8	2	285966,285968	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	285968	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	285971	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	60	45.8	1	285966	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60	45.8	3	285966,285968,285971	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	285968,285971	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	285969	5251

2 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
	USGS-U-Th-Pb-00287_206_238	60	60	60	206_238			zircon				Zircon			28853	Sierra Zinc Mine (Aladdin Mine; Blue Ridge Mine), Deep Creek, Aladdin, Colville District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb
	USGS-U-Th-Pb-00287_207_235	45.8	45.8	45.8	207_235			zircon				Zircon			28853	Sierra Zinc Mine (Aladdin Mine; Blue Ridge Mine), Deep Creek, Aladdin, Colville District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA		USGS-U-Th-Pb		USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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