Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yellowhead Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 25297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellowhead Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°52'59"N
Longitude: 117°22'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.883055555556,-117.37055555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	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 C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay None Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	444	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	444	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	444	24243
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	541	444	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	444	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	444	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	444	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	444	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	3337

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00231	541	444	Cambro-Ordovician		host rock age									25297	Yellowhead Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA	Pend Oreille-Yellowhead	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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