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Locality Name:
Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21

mindat Locality ID: 17816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°11'51"N
Longitude: 120°58'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.1975,-120.97888888889
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
EpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2212103092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS212109052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2212105509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi212101966
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S212105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22121027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu212103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS212104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O212102970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS421210910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)212108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2121024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2121030554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3212105433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4212105591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22121012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2212105674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2212105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22121017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22121039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8212109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22121061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS21210712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)212104894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)212106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2121021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2212103337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13212101803


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-00054212121      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Scheelite, Siderite, SphaleriteCu17816Glacier Peak Mine (Miners Ridge Mine; Calumet Mine), Plummer Mountain, Glacier Peak District, Snohomish Co., Washington, USAGlacier PeakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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