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Locality Name:
Nighthawk District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23947
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23947.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nighthawk District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Bird Claim
Bullfrog Mountain
Mount Chopaka
Nighthawk
Similkameen River

Latitude: 48°56'11"N
Longitude: 119°38'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.936388888889,-119.63611111111

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite
Marcasite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite
Marcasite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	285053,285056,285074	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	285056,285060	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	285056,285060,285071	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	285059,285065	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	285056,285061,285064	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	285052,285053,285056,285059,285060,285061,285062,285065,285067,285071,285074	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	285053	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	5	285050,285055,285066,285067,285068	3902
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	285056	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	285054,285059,285064,285067	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	285052,285053,285056,285059,285060,285061,285062,285065,285070,285071,285074	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	285052,285056,285058,285060,285072	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	285059,285064	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	285063	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	285063	341
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	285055,285067	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	285056,285060,285065,285069,285071	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	285061	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	285052,285059,285061	5800
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	285053,285056	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	285056	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	285052,285053,285056,285058,285059,285060,285061,285062,285065,285067,285069,285070,285071,285072,285074	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	285067	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	285052,285053,285056,285059,285060,285061,285062,285065,285069,285070,285071,285072,285074	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	285059,285061	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	285054	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	285053,285056	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	285053,285056,285059,285060,285061,285065,285074	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	2	285053,285074	586

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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