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Locality Name:
Keller, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keller, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Campbell Claim
Golden Chariot Claim
Golden Rule Claim
Illinois Claim (Oregon Claim)
Jack Creek
John Tom Creek
Keller Area
Keller Claim (Keller Chrome Prospect)
Keller Ferry
Meadow Creek
Mitchem Mine
Mono Claim
Silver Hill Claim
Zipp And Teddy Claim

Latitude: 48°2'49"N
Longitude: 118°40'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.046944444444,-118.68166666667
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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteMalachite
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2284119,28413027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2284121,2841235707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24284116,284119,284121,28412927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42284124,2841253902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2284116,2841213531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812841251756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12841168173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212841309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3284119,284129,28413124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128412730554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128412312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22284119,2841295800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26284116,284118,284119,284123,284129,28413139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26284117,284118,284119,284121,284123,28412961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3284119,284129,28413121482
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1284124652


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