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Locality Name:
Quartz Mountain, Lake Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213504.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartz Mountain, Lake Co., Oregon, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Angel Peak (Four Square)
Crone Occurrence
Eighth Drilling Series Prospect
Hart Mountain Occurrence
Madera Occurrence
Manzanita Group (Surface Group)
Opalite Mine (Western Minerals Company)
Quartz Mountain Gold Deposit (Fremont; Quartz Mountain Property)
Rosalite Occurrence

Latitude: 42°20'1"N
Longitude: 120°35'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.333611111111,-120.58638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBaryteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltStibniteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62260572,260579966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)126057911547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2126057927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS5260572,260573,260576,260577,2605792600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126057924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu126057930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3126057914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612605792228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412605795591
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2260576,2605792994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126057939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812605799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126057961156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312605793418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312605795317


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