Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morton, Morton District, Lewis Co., Washington, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 43
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 29478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morton, Morton District, Lewis Co., Washington, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mossyrock Dam
Spencer Mine
Tilton River Bridge

Latitude: 46°32'51"N
Longitude: 122°21'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5475,-122.35444444444

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Marcasite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H Hg K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Marcasite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	43	32	1	284717	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	284718	2600
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	43	32	1	284717	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	284718,284719	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	43	32	1	284717	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	43	32	1	284717	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	284718	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	43	32	1	284717	61156

2 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
	NAVDAT-16312	37	32	34+3/-2					16312						15517	Mossyrock Dam, Morton, Morton District, Lewis Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-16329	43	37	40±3					16329						15517	Mossyrock Dam, Morton, Morton District, Lewis Co., Washington, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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