Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Illinois River District, Curry Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 213461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Illinois River District, Curry Co., Oregon, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bowser Mine
Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10052668)
Chromium Prospect (MRDS - 10052669)
Eagle Creek Group
Gold Placer (MRDS - 10052670)
Miller Creek Gossan Occurrence
Peck Mine (Robert E. Mine; Bacon Mine; Miller Mine)
Unnamed Placer Claims (Unnamed 17 Placer Claims; MRDS - 10298174)

Latitude: 42°15'28"N
Longitude: 123°50'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.257777777778,-123.84916666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel	Talc

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: Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Malachite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Spinel Talc

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	257015	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	257021	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	257018,257020,257021	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	257015	3902
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	257021	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	257018	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	257018,257020,257021	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	257021	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	257018,257021	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	257015	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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