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Locality Name:
Peshastin Creek, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 53850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peshastin Creek, Blewett, Blewett District (Peshastin District), Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Black And White Claim (Diamond Dick Claim)
Blewett Iron Mine (Blewett Mine; Washington Nickel Mine; Iron King Claim; McCarthy Claim; Magnetite No. 1 Claim; Rothert Claim)
Bloom Placer
Blue Bell Mine (I.X.L. Claim)
Eureka Mine (Golden Cherry Claim; Golden Chariot Claim)
Homestake Mine
Lone Rock Prospect
Red Butte Claim
Sheep Mountain
Solita Placer

Latitude: 47°25'23"N
Longitude: 120°39'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.423055555556,-120.65777777778
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelStibniteTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2283514,2835189052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5283514,283517,283518,283519,28352027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22283514,28351827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42283515,2835183902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12835182600
Copper  (*)CopperCu12835183846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS128351824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8283514,283516,283517,283518,283519,283520,283523,28352430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32283515,28351814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42283515,28351814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2128351812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22283517,28351839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23283514,283517,28351861156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312835183418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212835173337


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