Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 23799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chewelah District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Addy
Chewelah
Stensgar Mountain
Valley
Wellington Peak

Latitude: 48°15'23"N
Longitude: 117°49'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.256388888889,-117.82694444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Bournonite
Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zinkenite

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Bournonite
Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Hydrotalcite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zinkenite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	285929	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	285937,285957	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	285935,285943,285948,285953	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	285933	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	11	285926,285927,285930,285932,285935,285937,285939,285940,285947,285949,285953	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	285928,285937	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	285933	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	285933	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	285927,285941,285953	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	285945	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	285945	1089
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	285944	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	285935,285938,285946,285948	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	285937	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	285927,285937,285940,285951,285953	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20	285925,285926,285927,285929,285930,285932,285934,285935,285936,285937,285941,285942,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948,285951,285952,285953	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	285932,285935,285940	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	285932,285935	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	285937	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	285926,285927,285939,285949	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	285938,285944,285952	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	285929	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	285948	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	285925,285926,285929,285937,285940,285941,285942,285945,285952,285957	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	285932,285935,285955	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	285944	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	285938	87
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	3	285938,285944,285952	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	16	285926,285927,285928,285930,285932,285935,285937,285939,285940,285941,285942,285945,285947,285948,285949,285953	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	285945	158
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	285933	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	285934,285937,285943	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	285933	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	285957	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	285925,285926,285927,285935,285936,285937,285941,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948,285949,285952,285953,285957	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	285937	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	285937	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	24	285925,285926,285927,285929,285930,285932,285933,285934,285935,285936,285937,285938,285940,285941,285942,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948,285949,285951,285953,285957	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	285943,285957	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	285933	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	285935,285936,285948,285953	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	285926,285928,285929,285935,285937,285940,285941,285945	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	285946	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	285949	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	285951,285953	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	12	285926,285927,285929,285935,285936,285937,285940,285941,285945,285948,285949,285953	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	285933	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	285933	2718
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	285945	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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