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Locality Name:
Silver Creek, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Creek, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Addison Group
Belcher Claim
Golden Cord Mine
Handy Andy Claim

Latitude: 48°3'11"N
Longitude: 118°35'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.053055555556,-118.59222222222

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23284164,284165,2841675509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412841675516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2284164,2841654979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2284164,2841655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25284164,284165,284166,284167,28416827198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12841672970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2284166,2841678173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3284164,284165,28416724243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128416614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23284164,284165,28416712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24284164,284165,284167,28416839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23284164,284167,28416861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2284164,2841654894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3284164,284165,28416721482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012841661395



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