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Locality Name:
Stehekin District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stehekin District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Big Chief Claim
Bridge Creek
Company Creek
Crown Prince And Free Coinage Claim (Crown Prince Claim; Free Coinage Claim)
Doubtful Lake
Flamingo Claim
Great Republic Claim
Grizzly Creek
Indiana Claim
Isoletta Claim
Lottie S. Claim
Maple Creek Basin
Maryland Claim
Michigan Claim
Ohio Claim
Stehekin River

Latitude: 48°27'8"N
Longitude: 120°56'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.452222222222,-120.94

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: As Au Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4283786,283800,283801,2838059052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27283795,283800,283801,283803,283805,283806,28381127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17283782,283784,283786,283788,283791,283799,283800,283801,283803,283805,283806,283807,283809,283811,283817,283818,28381924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu128382130554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212283784,283786,283791,283793,283795,283796,283799,283800,283801,283803,283807,28381139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812837849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28283791,283792,283795,283800,283801,283803,283805,28380661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5283784,283786,283791,283800,28380121482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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