Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 11.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 19979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°11'53"N
Longitude: 117°29'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.198055555556,-117.49694444444

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	Clay	Heulandite	Mica	Mordenite	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Heulandite Mica Mordenite None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Clinoptilolite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	11.6	5.3	33
Clinoptilolite-Na ()*	Heulandite	Na₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O	11.6	5.3	24
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	11.6	5.3	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	11.6	5.3	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11.6	5.3	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	11.6	5.3	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11.6	5.3	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_801	The Sucker Creek Formation consists mainly of lacustrine volcaniclastic rocks and tuff, deposited in a moist temperate lowland climate. Strata are exposed locally along Succor Creek and are among the oldest strata deposited in the Owyhee River region.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_801	11.6	5.3	Late Miocene	stratigraphy	Age of Sucker Creek Formation							Clinoptilolite-Ca, Clinoptilolite-K, Opal, Quartz		19979	Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA	Sucker Creek Formation	Altaner and Grim (1990)	10.1346/CCMN.1990.0380601	CCM38_561	Age of Sucker Creek Formation

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060662	Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USA	https://rruff.info/R060662

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