Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Big Bend, Kimberley, Grant Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 19542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Bend, Kimberley, Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°46'34"N
Longitude: 119°37'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.776111111111,-119.6225

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.

Analcime	Apophyllite	Calcite	Clay	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Clay Gyrolite Natrolite None Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	47
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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