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Locality Name:
Stray Dog Canyon, Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31825
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31825.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stray Dog Canyon, Covada District (Enterprise District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Admiral Claim
Ajax Claim
Black Hawk Claim
Black Thorn Claim
Blue Bird Claim
Captain Claim (Gold Cup Claim)
Stray Dog Mine

Latitude: 48°14'22"N
Longitude: 118°14'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.239444444444,-118.2475
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: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStibniteTalcTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12840982793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12840989052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2284097,28409827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128409827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12840981382
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7284092,284093,284094,284095,284096,284097,28409824243
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312840981425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26284092,284093,284095,284096,284097,28409839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27284092,284093,284094,284095,284096,284097,28409861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12840985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2284094,28409821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312840943418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212840983337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312840985317


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