Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Drain, Douglas Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 24309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drain, Douglas Co., Oregon, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bear Creek Quarry (Whipple Quarry)

Latitude: 43°38'16"N
Longitude: 123°21'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.637777777778,-123.35416666667

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
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 Fe H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	257343	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	257343	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	257343	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	257343	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	257343	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	257343	425
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	257343	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	257343	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	257343	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	257343	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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