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Locality Name:
Snoqualmie Pass, Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie & Burns Districts, King Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 274869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snoqualmie Pass, Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie & Burns Districts, King Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Condor-Hemlock Mine (Condor Mine; Hemlock Mine; Pegasus Claim; Green Crystal Claim)

Latitude: 47°29'48"N
Longitude: 121°21'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.496666666667,-121.35972222222

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2252512845603092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS252512845609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2252512845605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2525128456011547
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S252512845605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22525128456027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S525251284560344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252512845604165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)252512845608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2525128456024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2525128456030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22525128456012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2252512845605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22525128456017380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252512845601898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22525128456039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8252512845609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22525128456061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)252512845606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2525128456021482



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
PorphCu-00062252525      Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cosalite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, SphaleriteCu21957Condor-Hemlock Mine (Condor Mine; Hemlock Mine; Pegasus Claim; Green Crystal Claim), Snoqualmie Pass, Middle Fork Of The Snoqualmie River, Snoqualmie & Burns Districts, King Co., Washington, USAMiddle ForkSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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