DENNY MOUNTAIN SKARN
near North Bend, King County, Washington, USA

LOCALITY IMAGES


GEOLOGY
Skarn Deposit, periphery of Snoqualmie Batholith - late Oligocene to early Miocene (28 Ma[million years ago] to 22 Ma).
(Under Construction)

MINERALS (complete list) CLICK for PHOTOGRAPHED
  Actinolite (Byssolite)- Ca2(Mg,Fe)5(Si8O22)(OH)2
*Calcite- CaCO3
  Diopside- (Ca,Mg)SiO3
  Epidote- Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH)
*Garnet (Grossular)- Ca3Al2Si3O12
  Goethite- FeO(OH)
*Hematite- Fe2O3
*Lepidocrocite- gamma-FeO(OH)
  Malachite- Cu2CO3(OH)2
  Orthoclase (Adularia)- KAlSi3O8
  Pyrite- FeS2
*Quartz- SiO2
*Scheelite- CaWO4
* photographed
 
Grossular GARNET  
and
CALCITE
 
Raspberry QUARTZ  
scepter with
 
LEPIDOCROCITE 
inclusions
 
HEMATITE rose

 
Japan Law Twin QUARTZ
 
Raspberry QUARTZ  
scepter cluster with
 
LEPIDOCROCITE inclusions

 
SCHEELITE


REFERENCES
(Under Construction)