Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Billy Goat Mountain, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Billy Goat Mountain, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Billy Goat Claim
Carr Claim
Copper Glance Mine
Hanks Claim
Lead Horse Claim
Mountain Beaver Mine
Peacock Claim (Bornite Claim)

Latitude: 48°46'8"N
Longitude: 120°18'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.768888888889,-120.31055555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 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	2	284792,284796	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	284794,284798	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	284797	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	284794,284798	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	284796	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	284794,284797	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	284792,284793,284794,284795,284797,284798	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	284792,284793,284795,284796	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	284794,284797	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	284794	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	284796	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	284792,284793,284795	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	284792,284793,284794,284795,284797,284798	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	284792,284794,284795,284798	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	284792,284793,284795	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	284792,284794	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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