Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 89
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Big Chief Claim Group
Cold Spring Group
Columbia River
Covada
Cuba Canyon
Dill Claim
Dixie Queen Claim
Goldsmith Claim
Hall Creek
Inchelium
Johnny Boy Claim
Kewa
La Fleur Meadows
Meteor
Miller Mountain
Monahans
Nez Perce Creek
Rattlesnake Mountain
Stray Dog Canyon
Whitestone Rock

Latitude: 48°13'12"N
Longitude: 118°16'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.22,-118.27166666667

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Enargite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Owyheeite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Antimony ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Enargite Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Owyheeite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite
Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	284051,284080,284098	2793
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	284052	363
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	284045	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	10	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284054,284070,284080,284098	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	284050,284070	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	284063,284077,284079,284097,284098	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	284057	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	284080	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284051,284054,284057,284058,284060,284071,284080,284088,284098	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	284080,284098	1382
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	284057,284070	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	47	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284032,284033,284035,284036,284037,284038,284039,284040,284042,284043,284044,284046,284047,284048,284049,284051,284054,284057,284060,284061,284063,284069,284070,284073,284074,284079,284080,284090,284092,284093,284094,284095,284096,284097,284098	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	284030,284068,284083,284086,284101,284102	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	284070	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	284083	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	284057	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	284051	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	284083	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	284050,284065,284070	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	13	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284055	5800
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	284057	89
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	284057,284080,284098	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	43	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284033,284046,284047,284048,284049,284050,284051,284054,284055,284056,284057,284058,284060,284061,284062,284063,284069,284070,284071,284073,284074,284079,284080,284088,284090,284092,284093,284095,284096,284097,284098	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40	284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284032,284033,284046,284047,284048,284049,284050,284051,284052,284053,284055,284056,284057,284058,284060,284062,284063,284065,284069,284070,284071,284073,284077,284079,284080,284088,284090,284092,284093,284094,284095,284096,284097,284098	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	284080	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284057	4894
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	284057	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	284065,284077	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	284057,284080,284098	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	284015,284016,284017,284018,284019,284020,284022,284023,284024,284025,284026,284027,284048,284051,284054,284057,284060,284061,284063,284069,284074,284079,284080,284094,284098	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	284057	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	14	284035,284036,284037,284038,284039,284040,284041,284042,284043,284044,284051,284054,284057,284094	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	284098	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	284055,284070	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	8	284050,284051,284054,284055,284057,284070,284080,284098	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	284057	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	284083	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070543	Covada, Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R070543

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