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Locality Name:
North Cascades National Park, Whatcom Co., Washington, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210792
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210792.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Cascades National Park, Whatcom Co., Washington, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baker Lake
Diablo Lake
Granite Creek
Newhalem
Ross Lake
Ruby Creek

Latitude: 48°44'56"N
Longitude: 121°18'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.748888888889,-121.31527777778
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 Au Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCopperGarnetMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
ScheeliteSpinelTalcWollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212863003419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312863052353
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2128629327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42286296,2862983902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612863004135
Gold  (*)CopperAu2286304,28630730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312863001544
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22286293,2863035800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO31286293140
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1286293494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2128629339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22286293,28630361156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212863003337
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312863001247


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