Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge), Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4216
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4216.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge), Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
West Fault Breccia

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	284443	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	284443	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	0		344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	284443	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	284443	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	284443	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040031	Spruce Claim (Spruce Ridge), Goldmyer Hot Springs, King Co., Washington, USA	https://rruff.info/R040031

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