Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silverton District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silverton District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bender Creek
Black Hawk Claim
Bunker Hill Claim
Clear Creek
Deer Creek
Deer Lake
Drum Lummond Claim
Eureka Claim
Everett Claim
Four Brothers Claim
Fox Claim
Gordon Ridge
Hannah Claim
Long Mountain
Marble Mountain
Marten Creek
Seattle Mine
Silverton
West Fork Bangor Creek

Latitude: 48°6'4"N
Longitude: 121°35'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.101111111111,-121.59444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Marcasite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Padĕraite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Marcasite Melonite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	285821	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	285792,285808,285809,285810,285814,285815,285816,285817,285820	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	285811	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	285780,285823	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	285808,285809,285814,285816,285817,285818,285820	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	29	285776,285778,285780,285781,285783,285785,285787,285788,285792,285795,285797,285799,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285810,285811,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285818,285820,285821,285823	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	285801	344
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	285804	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	285776,285787,285801,285807,285809,285810,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285820	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	285802	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	285799,285800	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	4	285814,285816,285817,285820	397
Padĕraite ()*	None	Cu₇[(Cu,Ag)_0.33Pb_1.33Bi_11.33]S₂₂	1	285801	10
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	285809	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	20	285776,285781,285788,285792,285797,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285811,285813,285814,285815,285816,285817,285818,285820,285821	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	11	285778,285790,285805,285808,285809,285811,285814,285816,285817,285818,285820	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	285776,285781,285800,285801,285802,285807,285808,285809,285811,285813,285816,285817,285818,285819,285820,285821	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	285808	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	285809,285821	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	285801,285809	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	5	285814,285816,285817,285818,285820	668
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	285808	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	285787,285788,285809,285821	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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