Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oroville District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oroville District, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kruger Mountain
Mikelson Claim
Ohio Claim
Oroville

Latitude: 48°56'48"N
Longitude: 119°28'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.946666666667,-119.47388888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Garnet	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Garnet Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tridymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	285089,285091	1022
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	285089,285091	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	285086	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	285088,285094,285095	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	285094	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	285085,285086,285088,285090,285094,285095	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	285086	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	285094	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	285094	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	285097	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	285091	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	285096	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	285093,285096,285102	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	285101	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	285089,285091	209
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	285085,285086	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	285089	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	285091	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	285088,285090,285094,285095	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	285089,285091	884
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	285089	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	285086,285088,285090,285094,285095,285096	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	285094	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	285084,285085,285088,285090,285094,285095,285096	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	285088,285090,285094,285095	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	285096	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	285095	5317
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	285097	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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