Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Plush, Lake Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 250027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plush, Lake Co., Oregon, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dust Devil Mine
Oregon Sunstone Public Collection Area
Pana Mine
Spectrum Mine

Latitude: 42°44'51"N
Longitude: 119°51'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.7475,-119.865

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Copper	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Copper None Pyroxene Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Copper ()*	Magnetite ()*
Opal ()*	Protoenstatite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	260566	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	260566,260568	3846
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	260567,260569	2994
Protoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	260566	1

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050110	Oregon Sunstone Public Collection Area, Plush, Lake Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/X050110

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