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Locality Name:
Wenatchee Mts, Chelan Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 192.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 188.8

mindat Locality ID: 251462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenatchee Mts, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eightmile Mountain
Harding Mountain
Jack Creek
King Creek
Mount Stuart
Solomon Creek

Latitude: 47°30'20"N
Longitude: 120°53'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.505555555556,-120.89638888889
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: As C Cu Fe H Hg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteChalcopyriteMalachiteMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Galena  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2283846,2838549052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41283854343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412838475516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22283847,28385427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS192.4188.812838502600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128385424243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1283854170
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128384712537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS12838541066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212838525800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128384739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812838479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22283847,28385461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128385421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312838543418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312838445317


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-90804192.4188.8192.1+0.3/-3.3  zircon90804  Zircon  53432King Creek Claim, King Creek, Wenatchee Mts, Chelan Co., Washington, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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