Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Condor Claim
Crawford Creek
Hardscrabble Creek
Pedro Claim
Porter Claim
Puffball Claim
Snoqualmie & Burns & Miller River Districts
Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge)

Latitude: 47°30'52"N
Longitude: 121°20'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.514444444444,-121.34361111111

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cosalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

26 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	284434	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	284439,284442	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	284435	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	284439	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	284441	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	284437,284439,284442,284443	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	284437,284439,284442,284443	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	284437,284439,284441,284442	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	284434,284438	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	2	284437,284442	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	284434,284436,284439,284442	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	284437,284441,284442	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	284442	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	284442,284443	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	284439	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	284436	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	284442	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	284434,284439,284441	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	284434,284435,284438,284439	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	284434,284435,284437,284439,284441,284442,284443	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	284441	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	284434,284435,284436,284437,284438,284439,284441,284442,284443	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	284437,284439	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	284434,284438,284441,284442	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	284437,284442	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	284437,284442	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110141	Pedro Claim, Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R110141
R040031	Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge), Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R040031

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