Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wallowa Range District, Union Co., Oregon, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 128
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94

mindat Locality ID: 213509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wallowa Range District, Union Co., Oregon, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Copper Creek Prospect (Tungs Ore Hard Rock Group; Rainbow Prospect)
Frazier Occurrence (Standard; Aurelia)
Harry Peoples Prospect (Plat Group; Yellow Jacket; French Creek)
Hidden Lake Occurrence
Mountain Sheep Occurrence (Mountain Sheep Lode Prospect)
Pack Saddle Lode Prospect (Donelly Blue Lake Mine)
Tungs Ore Claim
Unknown Copper - Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10036988)

Latitude: 45°7'45"N
Longitude: 117°21'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.129166666667,-117.36

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.

Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	261959,261965	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	261959,261965	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	261959	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	261959,261965	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	261959,261960,261961	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	261961,261962,261963	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	261959,261962,261963,261965	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	261960	4894

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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-03644	128	94	111±17	Rb-Sr	age not evaluated		whole rock							152262	Unknown Copper - Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10036988), Wallowa Range District, Union Co., Oregon, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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