Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Buck Mountain
M-120
Mount Pisgah
New Springfield Butte Quarry
Old Springfield Butte Quarry

Latitude: 44°6'5"N
Longitude: 122°58'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.101388888889,-122.97527777778

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Rutile	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 Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Copper Mordenite Natrolite None Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Mesolite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Scolecite ()*
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	4	260847,260848,260850,260851	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	260847,260848,260849,260850,260851	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	260847,260848,260850,260851	3846
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	4	260847,260848,260849,260850	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	260851	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	260850,260851	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	260847,260848,260851	471
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	260851	3106
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	260849	390
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	260847,260848,260851	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050094	Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R050094

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