Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Curlew, Curlew District, Ferry Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curlew, Curlew District, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lancaster Mine
Lone Star And Washington Mine (Lone Star Mine)
Morning Star Mine (Lucile Dreyfus Mine; Faithful Suprise Mine; Mineral Hill Mine; Virginia Mine)

Latitude: 48°57'25"N
Longitude: 118°33'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.956944444444,-118.55722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	284176	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	284176	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	284175,284176,284177	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	284176	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	284176	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	284176	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	284175	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	284176,284177	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	284176	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	284176	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	284175,284176,284177	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	284176,284177	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	284175,284176,284177	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	284177	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	284175	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	284176	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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