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Locality Name:
Trinity, Chiwawa District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trinity, Chiwawa District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Royal Development Mine (Red Mountain Mine; Royal Mine; St. Francis Mine; Trinity Mine; Trinity Tunnel)

Latitude: 48°4'14"N
Longitude: 120°49'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.070555555556,-120.82666666667
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12836079052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128360727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128360727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128360724243
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO412836071507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2128360717380
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8128360725
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128360739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812836079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128360761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12836074894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12836072705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128360721482


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