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Locality Name:
Unity District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 207607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unity District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Blue Mountain (Blue Mounytain)
Bull Run Creek Placers (Ferris Mining Company)
Camp Creek Prospects
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10032796)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10033423)
Grouse Creek Project Prospect
Huntington Copper Occurrence
Log Cabin Mine
Lone Pine Prospect
Lower Grandview Mine
Orion
Record (Whited Mining Company)
Red Flat And Vi
Stricklin Prospect
Thomason And Schwayder (Lucky Boy; Showdown)
Unity Diatomite Occurrence
Unnamed Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10200361)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10208061)

Latitude: 44°22'3"N
Longitude: 118°4'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.3675,-118.08027777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)125559527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23255593,255601,25560227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12556053531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2255593,2555958173
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2125559712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23255593,255602,2556055800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2125559317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25255593,255595,255601,255602,25560439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25255593,255595,255601,255602,25560461156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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