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Locality Name:
Palmer Mountain District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmer Mountain District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bullfrog Mountain
Copper King Claim
Double Standard Claim
Enterprise
Gearhart Claim
Kalamazoo Claim
Loomis
Midas 1 Claim
Palmer Mountain

Latitude: 48°52'0"N
Longitude: 119°35'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.866666666667,-119.59805555556
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2285123,2851249052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612851232060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22285115,2851235509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42285113,2851235516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128512327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27285113,285114,285115,285120,285121,285123,28512427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12851121382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12851238173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5285112,285113,285114,285115,28512024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7285111,285112,285113,285115,285119,285120,28512330554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4128512314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23285115,285121,28512312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212851235674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32285112,2851131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28285107,285112,285113,285114,285120,285121,285123,28512439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82285123,2851249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210285107,285111,285112,285113,285114,285115,285119,285120,285121,28512361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12851125186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2285120,28512321482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41285112586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132285112,2851155317


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