Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gypsy Peak, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gypsy Peak, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
King Tut Mine (Velvet Lode)
Lead Hill Mine (Bunker Hill Mine)
Red Top Mine (Bailey-Hanson Mine; Bailey Mine)

Latitude: 48°59'8"N
Longitude: 117°11'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.985555555556,-117.19055555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	285282	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	285281	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	285280,285281,285282	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	285280,285281,285282	24243
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	285281,285282	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	285281,285282	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	285280,285281,285282	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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