Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oroville, Similkameen & Oroville Districts, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145.5

mindat Locality ID: 276424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oroville, Similkameen & Oroville Districts, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kelsey Mine (Hart Stone Mine; Stone Mine)

Latitude: 48°59'41"N
Longitude: 119°28'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.994722222222,-119.4775

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel

17 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201.6	145.5	1	285149	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201.6	145.5	1	285149	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201.6	145.5	1	285149	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201.6	145.5	1	285149	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	201.6	145.5	1	285149	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201.6	145.5	1	285149	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201.6	145.5	1	285149	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201.6	145.5	1	285149	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201.6	145.5	1	285149	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201.6	145.5	1	285149	61156

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
	PorphCu-00063	201.6	145.5	Jurassic									Albite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite	Cu	22183	Kelsey Mine (Hart Stone Mine; Stone Mine), Oroville, Similkameen & Oroville Districts, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA	Kelsey	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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