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Locality Name:
Squillchuck Creek, Wenatchee, Wenatchee District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Squillchuck Creek, Wenatchee, Wenatchee District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cannon Mine
Lovitt Mine (L-D Mine; Golden King Mine; Gold King Mine; Squillchuck Mine; Wenatchee Mine)

Latitude: 47°23'19"N
Longitude: 120°19'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.388611111111,-120.31972222222

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMarcasite
MeloniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurostibite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Empressite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fischesserite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petrovskaite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stützite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2283834,2838352793
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS2283834,28383587
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1283834363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1283834379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2283834,2838359052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb2128383473
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)128383411547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)128383466
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111283834843
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21283834361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2283834,28383527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22283834,28383527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12838342600
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S81283834126
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe128383443
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41283834163
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2128383424
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121283834663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2283834,28383524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2283834,28383530554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2283834,283835804
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe81283834111
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22283834,2838355674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS21283834300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22283834,28383517380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2283834,283835192
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12838342349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1283834249
Petrovskaite  (*)NoneAuAgS12838349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe21283834409
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31283834733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32283834,2838351425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22283834,28383539462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3128383484
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22283834,28383561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12838356417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12838345186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2283834,28383521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32283834,2838353418
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)128383492
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312838345317



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