Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bossburg, Northport District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bossburg, Northport District, Stevens Co., Washington, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ora Mine
Young America Mine (Robena Mine)

Latitude: 48°48'38"N
Longitude: 118°2'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.810555555556,-118.04777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Geocronite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Geocronite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	286096	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	286096	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	286096	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	286096	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	286095	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	286096	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	286096	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	286095	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	286096	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	286095	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	286096	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	286096	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	286096	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	286096	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	286096	668

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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