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Locality Name:
Chiwawa District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 252157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiwawa District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Deep Creek
Maple Creek
Phelps Ridge (Red Mountain)
Trinity

Latitude: 48°0'45"N
Longitude: 120°47'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.0125,-120.79194444444
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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperFluoriteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5283601,283602,283604,283605,2836079052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2283601,28360727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24283600,283602,283604,28360727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12836013531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12836003846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128360724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128359430554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412836071507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128360112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22283601,2836025800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128360717380
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8128360725
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25283597,283601,283602,283604,28360739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82283601,2836079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24283601,283602,283603,28360761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3283601,283602,2836074894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12836072705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128360721482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22283601,2836022718


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