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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Toutle, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32.4

mindat Locality ID: 287617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Toutle, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elk Mountain
Signal Peak

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteGyroliteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Offretite  (*)Okenite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O39.632.42283983,2839901627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)39.632.46283983,283984,283987,283988,283989,28399027770
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O39.632.42283983,283990138
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O1283990167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O39.632.42283983,283984142
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O39.632.43283983,283984,2839871271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O39.632.45283983,283984,283986,283988,283990425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O3283986,283987,283988405
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O39.632.42283983,283990146
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O39.632.4128398471
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239.632.43283983,283986,28398961156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O39.632.44283982,283983,283984,283986390



3 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
NAVDAT-2943039.632.436±3.6   29430    15515Elk Mountain, Toutle, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2944739.632.436±3.6   29447    15515Elk Mountain, Toutle, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-2945139.632.436±3.6   29451    15515Elk Mountain, Toutle, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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