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Locality Name:
Tonasket, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tonasket, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Highway 97 Roadcut
Okanogan River
Tonasket Area
Tonasket Claim
Whitestone Coulee

Latitude: 48°44'6"N
Longitude: 119°27'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.735,-119.45916666667
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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapoliteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTungstite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Coquandite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128517927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128517527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412851773902
Coquandite  (*)NoneSb3+6+xO8+x(SO4)(OH)x(H2O)1-x (x = 0.3)128517910
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612851764135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212851759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128517524243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1285175469
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1285176176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212851755800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212851762273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128517539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23285173,285175,28517961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12851754894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128517921482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1285179446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312851793418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12851792045
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1285175118


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