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Locality Name:
Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50224
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50224.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colville Indian Reservation, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 65

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Crawfish Lake
Nespelem District (Moses District)
Park City District

Latitude: 48°20'49"N
Longitude: 119°'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.346944444444,-119.00944444444

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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTetrahedriteVesuvianiteVivianiteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S5284832,284837,284841,284844,2848642793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312848202353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12848812734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2284851,284852445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42284850,284852708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612848942060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22284881,2849045509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42284823,2848645516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11284820,284823,284841,284847,284877,284879,284880,284883,284884,284894,28489627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12848395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237284823,284824,284826,284829,284831,284832,284833,284834,284837,284839,284840,284841,284845,284847,284851,284854,284855,284856,284857,284858,284860,284863,284864,284867,284869,284870,284875,284879,284881,284883,284884,284887,284894,284903,284904,284906,28490727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12848441382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42284851,2848523902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612848204135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8284826,284834,284854,284855,284857,284860,284862,2848948173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1284852814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF27284837,284840,284856,284858,284883,284884,2849049617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27284823,284829,284837,284838,284839,284845,284847,284860,284862,284864,284867,284873,284875,284878,284879,284880,284881,284883,284884,284887,284888,284889,284890,284891,284893,284896,28490424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5284866,284885,284895,284901,28490530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32284820,2848311544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36284834,284854,284855,284857,284869,28487014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312849015433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411284826,284831,284833,284834,284854,284855,284857,284862,284869,284870,28490114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)29284826,284845,284854,284855,284857,284873,284881,284904,28490612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23284823,284847,2848755674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12848204924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23284856,284871,2849045800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31284904140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)28284829,284838,284839,284841,284851,284852,284856,28485817380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61284820229
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21284820313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812848521512
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS34284837,284841,284842,2848441425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS249284823,284824,284828,284829,284831,284832,284833,284834,284837,284838,284839,284840,284841,284842,284844,284845,284846,284847,284851,284852,284854,284855,284856,284857,284858,284863,284864,284867,284869,284870,284871,284873,284875,284877,284878,284879,284880,284881,284883,284884,284887,284890,284893,284894,284896,284898,284903,284906,28490739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86284824,284826,284852,284883,284884,2848949056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243284820,284823,284824,284829,284832,284837,284838,284840,284841,284842,284845,284846,284847,284850,284851,284852,284856,284858,284860,284862,284864,284867,284871,284873,284875,284878,284879,284880,284881,284883,284884,284887,284890,284891,284893,284894,284896,284898,284899,284903,284904,284906,28490761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3284829,284837,2848641711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1284862969
Silver  (*)CopperAg3284832,284837,2848415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21284826,284831,284833,284837,284838,284847,284856,284860,284862,284873,284875,284877,284879,284880,284881,284883,284884,284890,284893,284894,28489621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43284832,284837,284841586
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212848873337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310284823,284824,284837,284863,284875,284879,284881,284883,284884,2849045317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)107284826,284831,284833,284860,284862,284869,2848701395
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O128485256
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12848205251



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