Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chewelah, Chewelah District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chewelah, Chewelah District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Amazon Mine
Cannon Mine (Railway Dike; Merikay; Calispell Peak)
Chewelah Standard Mine (Nellie S. Mine)
Chinto Mine
Copper King Mine
Eagle Mine (Blue Star Mine; Redwood Mine; Chewelah Eagle Mine)
Finch Magnesite Quarry
Hecla Mine
Jay Dee Mine (High Grade Mine; Delmonico Mine; Enterprise Mine)
Jay Gould Mine
John Day Mine (W.B. Stuart Mine)
Juno-Echo Mine (June-Echo Mine; Westen Molybdenum Mine)
Keystone Quarry
Mullan Mine
Schrenberg Mine (Schoneberg Mine)
U.S.Copper Gold Mine (M. And C. Mine)
United Copper Mine (United Silver Copper Mine)
Vulcan Mine

Latitude: 48°17'40"N
Longitude: 117°40'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.294444444444,-117.68194444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Bournonite	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zinkenite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Bournonite Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Malachite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zinkenite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	285937	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	285935,285943,285948	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	285933	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	285932,285935,285937,285939,285940,285947,285949	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	285937	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	285933	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	285933	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	285941	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	285945	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	285945	1089
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	285944	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	285935,285938,285946,285948	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	285937	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	285937,285940	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	285932,285934,285935,285936,285937,285941,285942,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	285932,285935,285940	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	285932,285935	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	285937	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	285939,285949	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	285938,285944	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	285948	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	285937,285940,285941,285942,285945	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	285932,285935	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	285944	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	285938	87
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	285938,285944	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	11	285932,285935,285937,285939,285940,285941,285942,285945,285947,285948,285949	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	285945	158
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	285933	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	285934,285937,285943	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	285933	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	285935,285936,285937,285941,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948,285949	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	285937	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	285937	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	285932,285933,285934,285935,285936,285937,285938,285940,285941,285942,285943,285945,285946,285947,285948,285949	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	285943	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	285933	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	285935,285936,285948	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	285935,285937,285940,285941,285945	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	285946	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	285949	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	8	285935,285936,285937,285940,285941,285945,285948,285949	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	285933	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	285933	2718
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	285945	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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