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Locality Name:
Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 276047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine)

Latitude: 48°11'50"N
Longitude: 120°58'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.197222222222,-120.97888888889
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
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)2212112856653092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS212112856659052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212112856655509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi212112856651966
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S212112856655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22121128566527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu212112856653846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS212112856654165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O212112856652970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS421211285665910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)212112856658173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2121128566524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2121128566530554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3212112856655433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4212112856655591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22121128566512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2212112856655674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2212112856655800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22121128566517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22121128566539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8212112856659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22121128566561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS21211285665712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)212112856654894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)212112856656417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2121128566521482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2212112856653337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13212112856651803


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-00054212121      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Scheelite, Siderite, SphaleriteCu17816Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USAGlacier PeakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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