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Locality Name:
Snoqualmie District, King Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snoqualmie District, King Co., Washington, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cleveland Claim
Copper Chief Claim
Geo. W. Tinkle Claim
Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River
Snoqualmie Pass
Suprise Claim

Latitude: 47°30'42"N
Longitude: 121°18'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.511666666667,-121.31638888889
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: Al As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDumortieriteEpidote
GarnetNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212845703419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212845752162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312845701534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12845669052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412845675516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25284562,284563,284566,284567,28456927198
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181284571231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2284572,2845748173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4284563,284566,284569,28457224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128456530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312845721544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43284570,284572,28457414899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12845741236
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8128457725
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212845741898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24284562,284566,284572,28457539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27284566,284567,284570,284571,284574,284575,28457761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2284571,2845742705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12845666417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2284566,28457221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312845665317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12845744899


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