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Locality Name:
Southwest Zone And Gold Bowl (Crown Jewel) Zone, Buckhorn Mountain, Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 289843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southwest Zone And Gold Bowl (Crown Jewel) Zone, Buckhorn Mountain, Myer Creek District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buckhorn Mine

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMarcasiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelStibnite
TetradymiteVivianiteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12850308803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312850301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12850309052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12850301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312850301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128503027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128503027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1285030966
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612850304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12850308173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1285030814
Gold  (*)CopperAu128503030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312850301544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61285030741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31285030104
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128503014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212850305674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128503039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812850309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128503061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212850305614
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212850302562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312850301247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12850301025


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