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Locality Name:
Orient, Orient District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orient, Orient District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gem Mine
Hidden Treasure Mine
Pomeroy Prospect
Scotia Mine
U&W Prospect

Latitude: 48°52'44"N
Longitude: 118°9'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.878888888889,-118.16527777778
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: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412861835516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111286183843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)128618227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12861835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128618427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128618324243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24286181,286182,286183,28618439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812861849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22286181,28618261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS128618321482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212861852718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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