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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 23811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Abercrombie Mountain
Boundary Dam
Copper Queen Claim
Copper Queen Claim 2
Cougar Claim
Gypsy Claim
Gypsy Peak
Hoosier Claim (Champagne-Hoosier Claim)
Metaline
Metaline Falls
Scotchman Lake
Z-Canyon

Latitude: 48°51'48"N
Longitude: 117°18'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.863333333333,-117.31111111111

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wurtzite

Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Epidote
Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Talc
Tetrahedrite Topaz Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	285304	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			3	285267,285270,285282	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	285270	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	285296	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	285270,285281,285284,285305,285306,285307	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	285296	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	444	20	285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285283,285286,285288,285289,285291,285296,285297,285300,285302,285303	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	541	444	9	285267,285270,285272,285285,285286,285289,285296,285300,285303	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	285287	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			5	285269,285270,285287,285296,285297	27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	285288	236
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	285307	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	285288,285295	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	444	17	285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285289,285296,285303,285309	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	444	25	285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285286,285287,285289,285295,285296,285297,285299,285300,285301,285303,285309	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	285295	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	285265,285271,285298,285308,285312	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			3	285267,285270,285274	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	285270,285297,285301	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	285267,285296,285301	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	285290	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	285275,285283,285287,285296	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			4	285267,285270,285285,285303	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	285311	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	285296	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	541	444	11	285267,285270,285272,285284,285285,285286,285301,285302,285303,285305,285306	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	444	15	285261,285266,285267,285269,285270,285272,285283,285285,285295,285296,285297,285299,285303,285309,285311	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	285295	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	444	18	285264,285267,285268,285270,285272,285274,285276,285277,285278,285281,285282,285283,285285,285290,285295,285296,285303,285311	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	285285,285286,285287,285300	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	444	14	285267,285269,285270,285272,285274,285281,285282,285285,285286,285289,285291,285296,285300,285303	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	444	23	285261,285263,285264,285266,285267,285268,285269,285270,285272,285274,285280,285281,285282,285285,285286,285289,285295,285296,285299,285300,285301,285303,285309	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	285297	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	541	444	1	285272	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			2	285270,285287	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	285270,285295,285296	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	285295	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	285295	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	285288	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	285289	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	285302	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00231	541	444	Cambro-Ordovician		host rock age									25297	Yellowhead Mine, Boundary Dam, Metaline District, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, USA	Pend Oreille-Yellowhead	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

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