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Locality Name:
Nespelem, Nespelem District (Moses District), Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nespelem, Nespelem District (Moses District), Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Evening Prospect
Great Western Lake
Mineral Hill Claim
St. Paul Claim (Hilo Claim; Myrtle Claim)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteNonePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteVesuvianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12848642793
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412848645516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23284860,284863,28486427198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2284860,2848628173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3284860,284862,28486424243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128486214899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22284863,28486439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23284860,284862,28486461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12848641711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1284862969
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2284860,28486221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312848635317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102284860,2848621395


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