Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wenatchee, Wenatchee District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 293379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenatchee, Wenatchee District, Chelan Co., Washington, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Columbia River Placers
Fairview Canyon
Number 2 Canyon
Squaw Saddle Mountain
Squillchuck Creek
Wenatchee Placer
Winesap Canyon (Oklahoma Canyon)

Latitude: 47°30'1"N
Longitude: 120°17'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.500277777778,-120.29805555556

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurostibite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Empressite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petrovskaite ()*
Petzite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stützite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Se Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Marcasite Melonite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	283834,283835	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	2	283834,283835	87
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	283834	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	283834	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	283834,283835	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	283834	73
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	283834	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	283834	66
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	283834	843
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	283834	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	283834,283835	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	283834,283835	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	283832,283834	2600
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	283834	126
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	283834	43
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	283834	163
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	1	283834	24
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	283834	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	283834,283835	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	283828,283834,283835,283836	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	283831	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	283834,283835	804
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1	283834	111
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	283834,283835	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	283834	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	283834,283835,283840	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	2	283834,283835	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	283834	2349
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	283834	249
Petrovskaite ()*	None	AuAgS	1	283834	9
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	283834	409
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	283834	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	2	283834,283835	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	283834,283835	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	1	283834	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	283834,283835,283840	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	283835	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	283834	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	283834,283835	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	283834,283835	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	283834	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	283834	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	283839,283840	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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