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Locality Name:
Sultan, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sultan, Sultan District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Margret Moshier Claim
Olney Creek
Skykomish River
Sultan River
Williamson Creek

Latitude: 47°56'26"N
Longitude: 121°41'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.940555555556,-121.68833333333
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: Al As Au Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperGarnetNickelineNonePentlanditeQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTalc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312858452353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12858509052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22285844,28585027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2285844,28585024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4285845,285847,285848,28584930554
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812858441512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812858509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2128585061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128585021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212858503337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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