Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buckhorn Mountain, Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckhorn Mountain, Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Caribou Mine
Gold Axe Mine
Ironsides And Anna B. Claim
Magnetic Mine (Buckhorn Mine; Neutral Aztec Mine; Neutral Mine)
Roosevelt Mine (Grant Mine; Maclean Mine; Teddy Roosevelt Mine)
Southwest Zone And Gold Bowl (Crown Jewel) Zone
Southwest Zone And Gold Bowl (Crown Jewel) Zone (Crown Jewel Gold Deposit)
Western Star Mine

Latitude: 48°57'15"N
Longitude: 118°58'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.954166666667,-118.98111111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Vivianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Te Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Vivianite Wollastonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	285028	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	285030	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	285030	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	285030	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	285030	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	285030	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	285028,285030	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	285024,285027,285028,285030,285032	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	285030	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	285030	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	285025,285027,285028,285030,285032	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	285030	814
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	285027,285030	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	285027,285030	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	285030	741
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	285030	104
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	285024,285025,285027,285028,285030,285032	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	285024,285032	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	285030	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	285024,285025,285027,285028,285030,285032	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	285024,285025,285027,285030	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	285027,285028,285030	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	285030	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	285027,285028	4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	285028	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	285030	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	285030	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	285030	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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