Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martha Creek, Yakima Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 286366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martha Creek, Yakima Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Richmond Mine

Latitude: 46°50'7"N
Longitude: 121°13'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.835277777778,-121.21777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	286436	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	286436	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	286436	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	286436	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	286436	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	286436	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	286436	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	286436	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	286436	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	286436	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	286436	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	286436	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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