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Locality Name:
Beaver Valley Quarry, Shine, Jefferson Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaver Valley Quarry, Shine, Jefferson Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperMicaMordeniteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzThomsonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O0167
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452


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