Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Keller, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keller, San Poil District (Keller District), Colville Indian Reservation, Ferry Co., Washington, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Campbell Claim
Golden Chariot Claim
Golden Rule Claim
Illinois Claim (Oregon Claim)
Jack Creek
John Tom Creek
Keller Area
Keller Claim (Keller Chrome Prospect)
Keller Ferry
Meadow Creek
Mitchem Mine
Mono Claim
Silver Hill Claim
Zipp And Teddy Claim

Latitude: 48°2'49"N
Longitude: 118°40'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.046944444444,-118.68166666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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 Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Malachite
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	284119,284130	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	284121,284123	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	284116,284119,284121,284129	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	284124,284125	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	284116,284121	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	284125	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	284116	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	284130	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	284119,284129,284131	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	284127	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	284123	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	284119,284129	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	284116,284118,284119,284123,284129,284131	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	284117,284118,284119,284121,284123,284129	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	284119,284129,284131	21482
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	284124	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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