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Orthoclase from
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA


Locality type:Pass
Classification
Species:Orthoclase
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz6 photos of Orthoclase associated with Quartz at this locality.
Aegirine4 photos of Orthoclase associated with Aegirine at this locality.
Calcium-bearing Elpidite3 photos of Orthoclase associated with Calcium-bearing Elpidite at this locality.
Astrophyllite2 photos of Orthoclase associated with Astrophyllite at this locality.
Zektzerite1 photo of Orthoclase associated with Zektzerite at this locality.
Gagarinite-(Y)1 photo of Orthoclase associated with Gagarinite-(Y) at this locality.
Albite1 photo of Orthoclase associated with Albite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Orthoclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:46399
Long-form Identifier:1:3:46399:9
GUID (UUID V4):634252e7-c217-4e20-97cb-63bd4aa15d26
Nearest other occurrences of Orthoclase
53.1km (33.0 miles) Castle Peak, Whatcom County, Washington, USA
76.1km (47.3 miles) Giant Copper Cu deposit (AM), New Westminster Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
85.1km (52.9 miles) Sunrise Prospect, North Fork of the Sultan River, Sultan Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
94.3km (58.6 miles) Mission prospect, Hedley, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
98.2km (61.0 miles) Heather Lake, Mount Pilchuck, Granite Falls Mining District, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
References
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Journal (issue)
. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 10, 2012 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am 9:30 am Doors open at the...will be talking about recent collecting at Washington Pass. 12:00 noon Lunch potluck: Club provides sandwich...in the research on Washington Pass minerals. 5:00 pm Dinner will be at the County Buffet in Vancouver...PUD Park Mill Plain Blvd. Ft. Vancouver Way Washington Interstate Bridge Oregon Columbia River 2
Journal (issue)
. . . . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON May 5, 2012 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Time once again to spend the day together. We will be talking...talking more about the minerals from the Golden Horn. Please read the President’s Message on the next page...am: Program on Known Minerals from the Golden Horn Batholith by Rudy Tschernich I5 Noon: Pot Luck Lunch:...1:00 pm: Program Unknown Minerals from the Golden Horn Batholith by Randy Becker 2-4:30 pm: study minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
species. Minerals of the Golden Horn Batholith OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON 450 ROCKS & MINERALS T...the southeastern portion of the Golden Horn Granite at Washington Pass, 150 miles northeast of Seattle...collectors exploring the very rugged country around Washington Pass. As they looked closer at the miarolitic cavities...describes those species occurring within the Golden Horn batholith that interest the mineral collector. G e...S l e e p y Hollow R o a d L a k e Stevens, Washington 98258 All p h o t o s by K e n B e c k e r a
Journal (issue)
. . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON November 6, 2010 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am Doors open at the PUD building...clean up. Please stay to put away tables and Washington help clean up. Interstate 5:00 pm Dinner will...join us if you can. 2 A Controversy at Washington Pass By Bob Meyer Fergusonite-(Y), sharp, somewhat...collected from near Washington Pass. The Golden Horn batholith, located near Washington Pass in the North Cascades
Journal (volume)
on some Microminerals from the Ohio pit, Baraga County, Michigan Al Falster 920 McIntosh Wausau, Wl 54401...54401 I I r i The Ohio pit in Baraga County, Michigan, is an old open-pit iron mine. In vugs and cavities...above). Goethite appears as delicate sprays of golden colored to brown acicular crystals. The contrast...ZEALAND, USA & MEXICO Write for free list. Dealer prices available GRRVSON LRPIDRRV 5135 Washington Street...592-0902 \ 3651 E. Marginal Way S. Seattle, Washington 98134 (206) 623-6876 /. Carl Faddis — Isidoro
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, is located in the Pikes Peak batholith, a composite of the Pikes...Other genthelvite localities in the Pikes Peak batholith are Crystal Park, Cookstove Mountain (Stove Mountain)...Cascades of Okanogan County, Washington, the alkaline granites of the Golden Horn batholith have yielded...described in 1892 from West Cheyenne Canyon, El Paso County, Colorado, by Frederick August Genth (1820–1893)...dodecahedron, 2.6 cm high, Cookstove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado. Specimen illustrated and described by
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Catalog/List
, DAVID NEW POST OFFICE BOX 7 • MUKtlTEO, WASHINGTON 98275 TELEPHONE(206) 347-5032 1. 2. ADAMITE...CHALCOPYRITE Minas de Panasquiera, Portugal Superb large golden metallic intergrown 1 to 1½" terminated modified...CHALCOPYRITE Perthshire,Scotland Choice bright golden ¼" to 3/8" terminated crystals on massive chalcopyrite...pyrite crystal matrix. 2x2x1½ 11 $ 25.00. on minor golden 39. FLUORITE Eagle Picher, Niaca, Chihuahua,Mexico...partial octahedral crystal section with bright golden micro py rite inclusions visible through water
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson, Bethlehem, Monroe and Clark; on regional...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book
Mitchell nnd Platt, 1984, Fig. 1 ) . 3 TOMBSTONE BATHOLITH AND SPOTTED FAWN CREEK 64° 25 'N; 138°41'W Fig...(Northwest Terri tories, Yukon) The Tombstone Batholith compri ses two approxim ately ci rcular i ntrusions...been emplaced along the southern margin of the batholith at Spotted Fawn Creek, where i t forms a dyke-like...pseudoleucites (30%) up to 4 cm in diameter and orthoclase phen ocrysts ( 1 0 %) up to 1 cm, in a groundmass...amp h i bole and b i o t i te from the Tombston Batholith gave 80 ± 13 and 9 1 _5 Ma (Temple­ man-Kluit
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Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73...ALICE GLORY HOLE The Alice glory hole, Clear Creek County, Colorado (by T. A. Hanson & W. B. Craft) 18:185187...--and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE MYERS --and...Allgood, J. Pradenas: Gold occurrences in Tuolumne County, California 18:41-45, 18:62-64 --with W. H. Wilkinson
Journal (issue)
. . . . . .VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON May 3, 2014 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Clark County P. U. D. Building 1200...1200 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington Schedule for the day; 9:00 am 9:30 am Doors open at the PUD...have pictures. 4:00 pm End of meeting and clean Washington up. Please stay to put away tables and help clean...pm Dinner will be at the Bridge Columbia River County Buffet in Vancouver. Please join us if you can...between a and c). Numerous common minerals, such as orthoclase, titanite, and the amphiboles, are monoclinic
Journal (issue)
Department of Mineral Sciences Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560 quality display specimens, presented...(William Walter Jefferis, 1820-1906), Roebling (Washington A. Roebling, 1837-1926), English (George Letchworth...Tuolumne County; 3.18 cm (36) Tuolumne County; 2.54 cm, 1.9 cm (39) Seaton mine, Amador County; 12.07 cm...Dorado County; 1.5 cm (55) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 8.26 cm (60) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 4.76...Dorado County; 4.29 cm (62) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.22 cm (63) Grit mine, El Dorado County; 2.54
Journal (issue)
with pyrite, 7 cm, from Spruce Ridge, King County, Washington; Rick Dillhoff collection; Jeff Scovil photo...left) Mesolite, 5.1 cm, from the F-Line quarry, Washington; John Cornish collection. Elbaite, 7 cm, from...Pacific Northwest; that is, the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the Canadian Provinces of...Charlotte’s Island drove them off with hand-cast golden bullets (not a good way to discourage gold seekers...quartz specimens from Denny Mountain and King County, Washington, and the zeolites from the coastal basalts
Journal (issue)
Co / Munich, Germany Laguna Beach, California, USA tel: +1 949 494 5155 / info@kristalle.com The ...MAY–JUNE 2020 Articles The Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin ......................................$324/three years, (Canada) $196/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $275 for one year Subscription...photographer and book collector, was born in Cook County, Illinois on July 31, 1932, the son of Sophie Klainowski... He worked first as Assistant Director of Cook County Public Aid, 398 On the evening of October 15,
Journal (issue)
of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C...Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by...Three property in the Ramona district, San Diego County, California. This mine, strictly speaking, is developed...for the other pegmatite gem mines in San Diego County, the collapse o f the Chinese tourmaline market...of which are units of the Southern California batholith of mid-Cretaceous age (120 to 100 million years
Journal (issue)
localities in northwest Ohio (white, cream); Hardin County, Illinois (white); Bingham, New Mexico (blue or...fluorescence, and that from Friedensville, PA exhibits a golden-yellow fluorescence in LW UV and a white fluorescence...Uranium-containing fluorescent minerals are found in Washington and other states in the western US, Zaire, and...hemimorphite, hydrozincite, microcline, opal, orthoclase, scapolite (var. wernerite), spodumene, talc...The Purple Passion Mine in Wickenburg, Yavapai County, produces good specimens of wulfenite (mostly nonfluorescent
Journal (issue)
Friends of Mineralogy, Cleanup at Washington Annual Highway Pass, WA For those of you who would like...enjoy a little mineral collecting at Washington Pass, Washington: type locality of calciohilairite, okanoganitc...News, P.O. Box 2043, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816-2043 USA Phone: 208-664-2448 Email: lanny@mineralnews.com...publisher. 3 !unity awaits for your visit to Washington Pass. It is again nearly time for the annual Pacific...Mineralogy clean up of litter along the highway at Washington Pass. The cleanup is done on Saturday morning and
Book (edition)
abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...always included in text, except in the cases of the USA, UK, and the provinces Ontario and Quebec in Canada...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...crystals in talc near Wenatchee Lake, Chelan co., Washington, also at Sulzer, Prince of Wales Is., Alaska...yellow. pale green. translucent, luster growing on orthoclase and quartz on the Malosa resinous.streak white
Book
long (Marty, 2004 ). AFRICA widely in Litchfield County, where good crystals were taken from quartz veins...region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County. At many isolated collected sites between the towns...Litchfield County. Ilmenite masses and crystals from somewhere near Washington, Litchfield County, were described...Lake Road occurrence, Faraday Township, Hastings County. In fall 1994, Dan and Shelley Lambert extracted...Madawaska [Faraday] mine near Bow Lake, Hastings County. Some of the world's finest ilmenite specimens
Book
HfiRIN COUNTY FREE LIBRfiRY 311110G386652Q I V Russell P MacFal A COLOR TREASUF FOR COLLECTORS...to Hunting Locations ? i 9 GIVEN TO THE MARIN COUNTY LIBRARY BY MARI N L MTNF.RAT. SOCTETY DAVID...may be able to buy specimens. map of Keweenaw County. Mich- Part of the U.S. Geological Survey topographic...obtained from the VS for DC Forest Service, Washington, Canada 20415, l^aps from the Geological ...common types of twinning. Two forms assumed by orthoclase, a potassium member of the group, are the Carlsbad
Book (edition)
MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY 3 1111 00289 4184 \ I s Fifth Revised Edition A complete, state-by-state...Cascades and the Grand Canyon, the Oregon and Washington beaches, the Mojave desert of California and...corundum. TABLE A. MOHS' HARDNESS SCALE Talc 6. Orthoclase feldspar 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite...Such crystals, including those of spodumene and orthoclase feldspar, have a droopy appearance because of...splendor. A material is translucent if light can pass through it Fire is but the shape of objects is
Book
topographic map of the Delaware q uadrangle o f Keweenaw County, Michigan This ,s an example o f the more picturesque...can be obtained from the U.S Forest Service, Washington, DC 20415. Maps for Canada are obtainable from...common types of twinning . Two forms assumed by orthoclase, a potassium member of the group. are the Carlsbad...mine , canyon) district where found (township, county, state) how obtained (found , given , etc., with...in pegmatite Mount Antero , 12,000 feet Chaffee County . Colorado from the Smith co llection 1/10/74
Report (issue)
magmas in the Glacier Peak Area, North Cascades, Washington _ ^ r~-^ ^ > ."*'"'''W >?''ii\''/''$ *y§...Magmas in the Glacier Peak Area North Cascades, Washington By R. W. TABOR and D. F. CROWDER GEOLOGICAL...PROFESSIONAL PAPER 604 Description of the Cloudy Pass batholith, the overlying Gamma Ridge volcanic rocks,...eruption UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1969 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 CONTENTS Abstract _ ____-_____
 
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