Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palmer, King Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmer, King Co., Washington, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Durham Clay Deposit
Green River
Kanasket Clay Deposit
Kummer Clay Deposit

Latitude: 47°18'58"N
Longitude: 121°52'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.316111111111,-121.88277777778

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Orpiment	Quartz

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 C Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Clay Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Orpiment Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenic ()*	Böhmite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pararealgar ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	284535	379
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	3	284534,284536,284537	195
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	284534,284536,284537	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	284534,284536,284537	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	284535	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	284535	57
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	284536	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	284535	712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	284536	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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