Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Upper Ritter Quarry, Ritter, Grant Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Ritter Quarry, Ritter, Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°52'17"N
Longitude: 119°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.871388888889,-119.08305555556

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	Copper	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Thomsonite
Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Copper Gyrolite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Thomsonite
Tobermorite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	84
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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