Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Churchill Mountain, Orient District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31746.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Big Iron Mine
Easter Sunday Mine
McNally Mine

Latitude: 48°56'29"N
Longitude: 118°5'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.941388888889,-118.08388888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel 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
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	286170	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	286171	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	286169,286170,286171	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	286171	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	286170	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	286169,286171	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	286169,286171	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	286169	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	286169,286170,286171	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	286169	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	286170,286171	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	286169	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	286170	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	286170	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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