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Locality Name:
Kettle Falls District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kettle Falls District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cedonia
Kentry Ridge
Kettle Falls
Kettle Falls Area
Marcus
Wellington Peak

Latitude: 48°25'37"N
Longitude: 118°5'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.426944444444,-118.08916666667
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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteCopperGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512860541310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12860519052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212860535509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812860554286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412860535516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3286051,286053,28605427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25286051,286053,286054,286057,28605927198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12860532970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3286051,286053,28605424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2286049,28605730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12860536890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128605312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212860515674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212860535800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24286051,286053,286054,28605939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25286051,286053,286054,286057,28605961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12860514894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3286051,286054,28605921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132286051,2860545317


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