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Locality Name:
Adams Mountain, Deer Trail District, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adams Mountain, Deer Trail District, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brooks Mine
Deer Trail Group
Deer Trail Moniter Mine
Rambler Mine
Read Mine (Read Iron Mine)

Latitude: 48°4'25"N
Longitude: 118°5'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.073611111111,-118.08583333333

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: Ag Al B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteLudwigiteMalachiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
Wollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Humite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12860222793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312860262353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312860261534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12860261036
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212860225509
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21286026462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4286022,286023,286024,28602627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12860224979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23286024,286025,28602627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12860221382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21286026285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812860261756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21286026236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612860264135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212860269895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3286022,286024,2860268173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212860269617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12860261188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3286020,286022,28602324243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312860221544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61286026741
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2128602680
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1286026134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128602614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128602212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212860245800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12860262349
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8128602625
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312860221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24286020,286022,286024,28602639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82286024,2860269056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25286020,286022,286023,286025,28602661156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1286026598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2286022,2860264894
Silver  (*)CopperAg12860225186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2286020,28602221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412860261934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41286020586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132286020,2860225317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212860262562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312860261247



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