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

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

mindat Locality ID: 25304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Cliff Mine
Hanley Mine
Harvey Bar Placer
Hoage Mine (Dreadnaught-Emily Mine)
Josephine Mine (Clark Mine; Hortense Mine)
Lead Queen Mine (Scandinavian Mine)
Lucky Strike Mine (Buzzell Mine)
Pend Oreille Mine
Schierding Placer
Yellowhead Mine
Z-Canyon

Latitude: 48°55'50"N
Longitude: 117°21'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.930555555556,-117.35222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	285267,285270	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	285270	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	285270	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	9	285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	444	3	285267,285270,285272	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	285269,285270	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	444	8	285263,285264,285266,285267,285269,285270,285272,285274	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	444	9	285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	285265,285271	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			3	285267,285270,285274	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	285270	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	285267	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	285267,285270	5674
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	541	444	3	285267,285270,285272	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	444	5	285266,285267,285269,285270,285272	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	444	6	285264,285267,285268,285270,285272,285274	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	444	5	285267,285269,285270,285272,285274	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	444	9	285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	1	285272	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	285270	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	285270	5317

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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