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Locality Name:
Quartz Creek, Taylor River & Snoqualmie Districts, King Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Creek, Taylor River & Snoqualmie Districts, King Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Quartz Creek Mine (Rainy Mine; Western States Copper Mine)

Latitude: 47°34'14"N
Longitude: 121°33'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.570555555556,-121.55388888889
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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O S Si Ti U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBranneriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCovelliteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzScheeliteTalc

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21284582718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12845829052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412845825516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61284582248
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128458227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12845824165
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212845825800
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8128458225
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128458239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812845829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128458261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12845824894
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212845823337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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