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Locality Name:
Bear Creek District, Crook Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Creek District, Crook Co., Oregon, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Amundson Mercury Occurrence (Amundson; Mother Lode Group)
Bear Creek Butte Uranium (Rocky Ridge)
Bear Creek Project Occurrence
Bear Creek Uranium Occurrence
Big Timber Occurrence
Botz Occurrence
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10052613)
Gypsite Occurrence
Hudson Occurrence (Neglected; Gervais)
Ideal Occurrence
Israel Occurrence
Joe Dandy Prospect (Red Idol; Independence)
Oregon Grape Occurrence
Oronogo (Dunham Ranch)
Pinkey Occurrence (Ideal; New Deal)
Platner (Wiltsie And Platner; Bear Creek)
Prineville Reservoir Community Pit
Sage Hollow Mining Inc Occurrence
Salt Creek Occurrence
White Swan Gypsun Occurrence
White Swan Occurrence
Wildfire Cinnabar Occurrence

Latitude: 44°0'28"N
Longitude: 120°42'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.007777777778,-120.70111111111
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteGypsumMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3256704,256710,25671427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2125670827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS10256696,256701,256704,256705,256706,256709,256710,256711,256714,2567162600
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2256701,2567166890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212567015674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24256708,256710,256711,25671639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24256704,256709,256710,25671461156
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1256713890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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