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Locality Name:
Benton Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benton Co., Oregon, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Alder Creek Pit
Alsea Rock Pit (Alsea Lumber Company)
Basalt Quarry (MRDS - 10052437)
Basalt Quarry (MRDS - 10176739)
Bellfountian Clay
Clemons
Coffin Butte
Corvallis
Corvallis Brick & Tile
Evans Products Pit
Fisher Island Plant
Griffin Pit
Hard Rock Quarry
Kings Valley
La Ro Lumber Company
Lucas Clay Pit
Monroe Brick & Tile
Monroe Sandstone Quarry
Neuman Quarry
Old State Quarry
Oregon State Highway Division (MRDS - 10051865)
Oregon State Highway Division (MRDS - 10051866)
Oregon State University (MRDS - 10051877)
Oregon State University (MRDS - 10051878)
Oregon State University (MRDS - 10051879)
Oregon State University (MRDS - 10051880)
Point West Quarry (L & T Crushing Company; Wren Quarry & Plant; Wren Quarryng Co.)
Publishers Paper
Quarry (MRDS - 10052436)
Quarry (MRDS - 10052442)
Quarry (MRDS - 10052443)
Quarry (MRDS - 10052444)
Quarry (MRDS - 10053817)
Quarry (MRDS - 10053818)
Reed Creek Quarry
Tobe Creek Quarry (Tobe Creek Pit)
Transtion Metals Corporation Occurrence
Tri-County
Unnamed Operation (MRDS - 10127647)
Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (Quarry; MRDS - 10127675)
Unnamed Stone Pit (MRDS - 10177245)
Von Sild Quarry (Woods Creek No. 1)
Wicks Pit
Wren

Latitude: 44°32'35"N
Longitude: 123°22'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.543055555556,-123.37583333333
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 F Fe H K Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteCalciteClayMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSmectite-vermiculite
Stilbite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O7255803,255811,255813,255814,255844,255845,2558461627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7255803,255811,255813,255827,255844,255845,25584627770
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1255803303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O125580310
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3255844,255845,2558461271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O3255803,255804,255846425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1255803405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O5255803,255811,255827,255844,2558461236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1255803471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24255803,255813,255844,25584539462
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1255803268


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