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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

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 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: 
AmorphousClayHeulanditeMicaMordeniteNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O11.65.3033
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O11.65.3024
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11.65.301508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O11.65.30405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)211.65.3017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11.65.302994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211.65.3061156



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_801The 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 IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_80111.65.3Late MiocenestratigraphyAge of Sucker Creek Formation    Clinoptilolite-Ca, Clinoptilolite-K, Opal, Quartz 19979Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USASucker Creek FormationAltaner and Grim (1990)10.1346/CCMN.1990.0380601CCM38_561Age of Sucker Creek Formation


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060662Succor Creek, Malheur Co., Oregon, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060662


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