Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Metaline Falls, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Metaline Falls, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Grandview Mine
Hall Mountain Area
Mammoth Mine
Morning Mine
Pack Rat Gorge
Sullivan Creek Placer (O'Sullivan Placer)
Washington Mine (Washington Rock Mine; Gem Mine; Davenport-Troyer Mine)

Latitude: 48°49'37"N
Longitude: 117°15'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.826944444444,-117.25944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Andalusite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Epidote Kaolinite Marcasite None
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	285304	1310
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	285305,285306,285307	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	285303	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	285303	4979
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	285307	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	285303,285309	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	285303,285309	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	285308	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	285303	5674
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	3	285303,285305,285306	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	285303,285309	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	285303	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	285303	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	285303,285309	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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