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Locality Name:
Black Warrior Group, Horseshoe Basin, Horseshoe Basin District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 53859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Warrior Group, Horseshoe Basin, Horseshoe Basin District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Warrior Claim
Blue Devil Claim
Campsite Claim
Golden Gate Claim
Waterfall Claim (Waterfall 1 Claim; Waterfall 2 Claim)

Latitude: 48°28'46"N
Longitude: 121°1'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.479444444444,-121.02388888889

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 Cu Fe Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5283652,283653,283654,283655,2836569052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25283652,283653,283654,283655,28365627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5283652,283653,283654,283655,28365624243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25283652,283653,283654,283655,28365639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85283652,283653,283654,283655,2836569056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5283652,283653,283654,283655,28365621482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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