Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stensgar Mountain, Chewelah District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stensgar Mountain, Chewelah District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Admiral Mine
Double Eagle Mine
Edna Mine (King Mine)

Latitude: 48°10'53"N
Longitude: 117°54'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.181388888889,-117.91

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	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*	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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	285953	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	285953	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	285953	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	285951,285953	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	285951,285952,285953	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	285952	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	285952	24243
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	285952	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	285953	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	285952,285953	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	285951,285953	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	285953	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	285951,285953	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	285953	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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